Providence Hospital, Mobile, Alabama

Providence Hospital is a 349-bed facility founded in 1854. Our call is to serve, to care and to heal. We are a member of Ascension Health.

Providence Hospital is a full service, 349-bed medical/surgical facility accredited by The Joint Commission. Since its founding in 1854, Providence has been serving, caring for and healing the people of Mobile and surrounding areas. Sponsored by Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health care system, the hospital's mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to south Alabama and southeast Mississippi, with a special concern for persons who are poor and vulnerable. Providence has been Mobile's most preferred hospital for thirteen consecutive years and admits more than 14,000 inpatients annually. Outpatient and emergency room registrations exceed 160,000 per year.

In 1987, in response to growth in western Mobile County, the hospital relocated to a 277-acre campus in west Mobile. All patient rooms are private, and none is more than nine feet from a nurse's station. Specialized services offered at Providence include open-heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, cancer services, an obstetrics unit with labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum suites, a dedicated pediatrics unit, a freestanding rehabilitation and wellness center and a 100,000 square foot Outpatient Center with dedicated outpatient diagnostic services and surgical suites. The hospital's 500-plus-member medical staff includes representatives from every major medical specialty and subspecialty, with more than 200 physicians located in offices on the campus.

The Cancer Center at Providence Park is the leader in cancer care and services in Mobile and surrounding areas. As a Certified Member of MD Anderson Cancer Network™, The Cancer Center at Providence is able to bring new hope to local cancer patients by using treatment guidelines and best practices developed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, the No. 1 cancer hospital according to US News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” survey.” Our cutting-edge technology, our scope of services and, most importantly, our commitment to treating the whole person--body, mind and spirit--offer new hope in cancer care.