Saint Petersburg General Hospital - Features

The mission of St. Petersburg General Hospital is to provide optimal healthcare services to the population and visitors of St. Petersburg General Hospital and the surrounding area. We will treat Patients, Families, Physicians and other Healthcare providers with respect, dignity and loyalty. As a leader in healthcare within the business community, we will act with absolute integrity and fairness as we conduct our business and personal lives.

9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

General visiting hours are 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. daily. Additionally, each unit may have its own specific guidelines for visitation. We allow 2-3 visitors per patient in the patient's room during regular visiting hours. Other visitors may wait in designated waiting rooms, the lobby or the cafeteria. For the safety and comfort of our patients, visitors are asked not to congregate in the hallways or wait in patient care areas.

St. Petersburg General Hospital is the home of one of the finest teaching programs in the southeastern United States. Our program is dedicated to providing the highest quality graduate medical education for those who come to St. Petersburg General Hospital. We are excited and honored to extend to you this opportunity to participate in our Postgraduate Medical Education Program. We, the Board of Trustees, the Medical Staff, and the employees believe that continuing your education here at St. Petersburg General Hospital would be a vital, meaningful part of your medical training.

Our dynamic clinical teaching faculty and staff are eager to share with you their knowledge and experience. St. Petersburg General Hospital's teaching staff is a combination of Doctors of Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine, (DO's and MD's.) The "hands on" approach to teaching and learning in our Postgraduate Medical Education Program will provide you with priceless opportunities to participate in patient care and management. St. Petersburg General Hospital is proud to be a member of The Lake Erie Consortium for Osteopathic Medical Training.

We are proud of our hospital's achievements, the quality of care and the many important services and educational programs we provide to the people of our community. It is our hope that you soon will become a part of our exceptional team of medical professionals here at St. Petersburg General Hospital. We look forward to working with you in your endeavors to achieve your medical career goals.

Your four HCA Pinellas County hospitals, including Edward White Hospital, Largo Medical Center, Northside Hospital & Tampa Bay Heart Institute, St. Petersburg General Hospital and Sun Coast Hospital, a facility of Largo Medical Center have a significant impact on Pinellas County, providing more than 3,000 people with employment and providing almost $20 million in taxes. We are proud to have approximately 1,000 of the areas most respected physicians on our medical staffs. HCA is the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, operating 163 hospitals and 112 outpatient centers. At the HCA Pinellas hospitals, our patients reap the benefits of more than $1.5 billion annually invested by HCA to keep our hospitals modern with up-to-date technology.