Hillcrest Hospital (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)

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{{Short description|Hospital in Massachusetts}}

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Hillcrest Hospital is a 77-bed general hospital located at 165 Tor Court, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1908 by Dr. Charles Harper Richardson, who saw the need for a surgical hospital in the community. This was the 2nd hospital in Pittsfield at the time.{{citation

|title=BMC/Hillcrest Hospital Merger

|url=http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/BMCHillcrestHospitalMerger

|date=2018

|accessdate=June 3, 2021

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Hillcrest moved to its current location in 1951. In 1996 Hillcrest Hospital merged with Berkshire Medical Center, and is now (2021) the Hillcrest Campus of BMC.

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