Prisma Health Baptist Hospital

Prisma Health Baptist Hospital (Formerly Baptist Medical Center and Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia) is a 489-bed acute-care facility located at the intersection of Taylor and Marion Streets in Downtown Columbia, South Carolina.  The hospital was established in 1914 as South Carolina Baptist Hospital by the South Carolina Baptist Convention after the widow of Dr. Augustus B. Knowlton, a prominent Columbia physician, asked the church to purchase the hospital, at that time a 70-bed facility on Marion St., that she and her husband started.  Over the years, the hospital expanded and grew as additional services were offered.  In 1998, Baptist Medical Center merged with Richland Memorial Hospital to form Palmetto Health. It is owned and operated by Prisma Health, the largest not-for profit hospital operator in South Carolina.

External links 
 Prisma Health Baptist Hospital Page on Prisma Health's Website

Category:Palmetto Health
Category:Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina
Category:Teaching hospitals in South Carolina
Category:Baptist hospitals