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A medical center, or hospital, is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals are usually funded by the public sector, by health organizations (for profit or nonprofit), health insurance companies, or charities, including direct charitable donations. Historically, hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders or charitable individuals and leaders. Today, hospitals are largely staffed by professional physicians, surgeons, and nurses, whereas in the past, this work was usually performed by the founding religious orders or by volunteers. However, there are various Catholic religious orders, such as the Alexians and the Bon Secours Sisters, which still focus on hospital ministry today.
Hospitals of note
Appearances
Programs
Includes a list of television programs that primarily take place in a hospital.
Episodes
Includes individual episodes where a hospital is featured. Does not include episodes of shows that primarily take place in hospitals.
- Amazing Stories: Mummy, Daddy - Harold's wife gives birth in a hospital.
- Hammer House of Horror: Children of the Full Moon
- Hannibal: Entrée
- Scream: Heavenly Creatures