Where and when was the first hospital in the United States founded?
The first hospital in the United States was the Pennsylvania Hospital of Philadelphia. The permanent building opened on February 11, 1752. This was also the first hospital to give free treatment to the poor and offer humane treatment to the insane. Source: Famous First Facts: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History, 1997, p.334-335, Joseph Nathan Kane, 031.