Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | |||||||||||
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| Cottage Health | |||||||||||
![]() Hospital entrance, c. 2022 | |||||||||||
| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | Santa Barbara, California, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°25′50″N 119°43′23″W / 34.43042°N 119.72312°W | ||||||||||
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| Type | Community | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Level I Adult Trauma Center/ Level II Pediatric Trauma Center | ||||||||||
| Beds | 519 | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (FAA LID: 3CN2) | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 8, 1891 | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in California | ||||||||||
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a teaching and tertiary care hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by the Cottage Health System.[1]
Services
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a full-service hospital, primarily serving the diverse population of Santa Barbara County. There are three other satellite hospitals within the Cottage Health system: Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital has regular medical-surgical beds as well as a CCU and an ICU.
Several medical services are offered, including a Level III NICU[2] and the hospital was recognized for its geriatric care.[3]
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center (upgraded from Level II in 2017)[4] and the largest between Los Angeles and San Francisco.[5]
History

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital was opened on December 8, 1891 as a twenty-five bed hospital by Mary A. Ashley.[6][5][7] The original building was designed by the prominent local architect Peter J. Barber.[8]
On June 4, 2021, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and granddaughter of King Charles III, was born at the hospital.[9]
References
- ^ "Cottage Health". July 30, 2022.
- ^ "Children's Health Hospital Services".
- ^ McCormick, Grayce (June 27, 2021). "Cottage Health recognized for geriatric care". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center". July 30, 2022.
- ^ a b "Julia McHugh: Cottage Hospital's beginnings in Santa Barbara". Santa Ynez Valley News. October 9, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ Tompkins, Walker A. (1988). Cottage Hospital: The First Hundred Years, the Centennial History of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-9619597-0-8. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Celebrating 125 Years - Cottage Health". www.cottagehealth.org. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Cottage Hospital", photograph by I. N. Cook, Gledhill Glass Plate Collection, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, accessed 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Harry and Meghan reveal where daughter Lili was born". The Evening Standard. June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
