South County Hospital is a private, not-for-profit acute care hospital located in Wakefield, Rhode Island

Wakefield, Rhode Island

Wakefield is a village in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, and the commercial center of the town. Together with the village of Peace Dale, it is treated by the U.S. Census as a component of the census designated place identified as Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island. South Kingston was...

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Overview

The 100 bed hospital was founded in a house in 1919. In 1925 "a new hospital was built...on 6 acres on Kenyon Avenue that was formerly the town farm." The hospital evenutally expanded to include 13 acres (52,609.2 m²) and a 345000 square feet (32,051.5 m²) facility. Recently, the Frost Family Pavilion opened with 60 private rooms.