Bridgeport Delivery Network

Southern Connecticut Health System
267 Grant Street
Bridgeport, CT 06610
Tel. (203) 384-3000

Bridgeport Hospital
Ahlbin Rehabilitation Centers
United Visiting Nurse Association
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation

Bridgeport Hospital
Established in 1878 as the first hospital in Fairfield County and celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2003, Bridgeport Hospital is the county’s most comprehensive healthcare organization. It has 425 licensed beds and more than 500 affiliated physicians representing 70 specialties and subspecialties. Bridgeport Hospital is a major affiliate of the Yale University School of Medicine and operates its own School of Nursing.

Bridgeport Hospital is among the elite 5% of hospitals in the United States to receive the maximum level of accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's leading healthcare accrediting body. The Heart Institute at Bridgeport Hospital is ranked in the top 10% nationally for overall cardiac services and first in Connecticut for cardiac interventional services by HealthGrades, a well-respected independent hospital rating organization.

Bridgeport Hospital is the site of the Dr. Andrew J. & Henrietta Panettieri Burn Center, the only dedicated burn center in Connecticut, and is Fairfield County's only Level One (highest level) Trauma Center. Other key services include:

• Pediatrics, including the P.T. Barnum Pediatric Center, a pediatric intensive care unit, Fairfield County’s highest-level newborn intensive care unit, the Pediatric Asthma Center and the Children’s Emergency Center
• The Women’s Care Center, which provides a full range of obstetrical and gynecological care including high- and low-risk maternity services, an antenatal testing unit and genetic counseling
• The Norma F. Pfriem Cancer Center, providing a variety of diagnostic procedures and treatments including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery as well as patient and family support
• The Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center, which provides highly personalized clinical care and support for patients and their families
• Inpatient and outpatient mental health services, including day hospital programs for children and adults
• The Fairfield County Senior Care Center for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia
• Advanced neurological and neurosurgical care
• Respiratory care including The Center for Sleep Medicine, which diagnoses and treats sleep disorders
• The Joint Reconstruction Center, providing comprehensive orthopedic care
• State-of-the-art Gastroenterology/Endoscopy and Urology Suites
• Business Health Services, providing occupational health services to more than 500 organizations in the region

Ahlbin Rehabilitation Centers
For more than 60 years, Ahlbin Rehabilitation Centers has provided the best in physical medicine and rehabilitation care to the community. Ahlbin Centers was founded in 1939 as the Crippled Children’s Workshop, the first facility of its kind in Connecticut. In 1962, it became the Rehabilitation Center of Eastern Fairfield County and in 1996 was renamed in honor of Fred and Fran Ahlbin, two longtime supporters.

A private, not-for-profit organization, Ahlbin Centers serves more than 10,000 patients a year from outpatient locations at 226 Mill Hill Ave., Bridgeport; 2600 Post Rd., Southport; 3585 Main St., Stratford; and 15 Corporate Dr., Trumbull. Ahlbin Centers physiatrists (physicians specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation), physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists also provide inpatient therapy at Bridgeport Hospital. Major service areas include:

• Orthopedics
• Sports Rehabilitation
• Industrial Rehabilitation
• Neurological Rehabilitation
• Pediatrics, including the Birth to Three
• Early Intervention Child Development Program

• Speech Therapy
• Audiology

United Visiting Nurse Association
United Visiting Nurse Association, one of Connecticut’s largest not-for-profit home health care organizations, provides a comprehensive range of services from offices at 40 Lindeman Dr., Trumbull; 127 Washington Ave., North Haven; and 1150 Summer St., Stamford. The organization traces it roots to the founding of its predecessor agency, the Fairfield VNA, in 1917. In 1989, it merged with the Trumbull Public Health Nursing Service and the Family Services Woodfield Home Health Division to form United Home Care. The United VNA name was adopted in 2000 to underscore the organization’s core service.

In addition to skilled nursing, United VNA services include:

• physical, occupational and speech therapy
• medical social work
• homemaker home health aides
• maternal-child and pediatric home care
• high-tech and home intravenous therapy
• wound and ostomy care; psychiatric home care
• certified home hospice care through United Home Hospice
• nutrition counseling
• private duty services including nursing, sleep-ins, live-ins, transportation, eldercare planning and a full array of home rehabilitation services

United VNA also provides free needs assessments. Available in the home, hospital, assisted living facility or any other setting, these highly personalized assessments help determine environmental, medical, home safety, financial or other services needed to maximize quality of life. The assessments are also recommended for those interested in planning for the future.

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation is the fundraising entity of Bridgeport Hospital. Established in 1988, the Foundation also guides the development activities of Ahlbin Rehabilitation Centers, The Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center and United Visiting Nurse Association.

The mission of the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation is to encourage philanthropic involvement from the community to preserve and enhance the financial well being of Bridgeport Hospital and its affiliate organizations.

Gifts to the Foundation provide the necessary financial resources for clinical program advancement; the purchase of state-of-the-art medical equipment; construction and renovation of facilities; health education programs for patients, employees and the community; and other BHHS-sponsored projects. Contributions enable the Foundation to fund organizational needs that cannot be funded out of operating revenue from patient charges.