North Shore Medical Center
In 1873 Captain John Bertram gave a gift of $25,000 in cash, plus a a brick mansion on Charter Street to create Salem Hospital. In 1917, Salem Hospital moved to the current location on Highland Avenue in Salem, Massacusetts. Salem Hospital is now a part of North Shore Medical Center (abbreviated NSMC) is a hospital complex on the North Shore of Massachusetts. It encompasses NSMC Salem Hospital at 81 Highland Avenue, as well as MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center. Also on the Salem campus are adult and pediatric Emergency Departments, the NSMC Heart Center, and the NSMC Birthplace.
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