Which of the following hospitals is the oldest hospital in the USA that is still open and providing patient care?

Founding father, Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond determined that a place was needed in Pennsylvania to care for the "sick-poor" and the "insane." They petitioned the Pennsylvania Colonial legislative body for a charter to establish a hospital. On May 11th of 1751, the Pennsylvania Colonial legislature granted a charter for the hospital. Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Bond used the Biblical story of The Good Samaritan as the official seal for the new hospital.

A temporary hospital was opened in a private home on what is now Market Street. A Quaker widow, Elizabeth Gardner, was appointed as the matron of the temporary hospital in 1752. The new hospital was called the Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1756, the land for the hospital was purchased.

The modern day hospital's east wing is at 8th and Pine, where the original facility was built. Presently, the Pennsylvania Hospital, is a 543-bed acute care, teaching, and clinical research institution.

Bellevue Hospital was originally founded as an 'almshouse' in the 1731 and became a hospital in 1861. The city closed Bellvue 1984, and in 1998, it had been fully transformed into a homeless intake shelter.

Originally built in 1736, New Orleans Charity Hospital was burned down 4 times, the 5th, built in 1832, was falling apart in 1933 and was rebuilt by the PWA fund. The hospital has been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Johns Hopkins Hospital officially opened on May 7, 1889.