Seattle Grace Hospital

==ABOUT SEATTLE GRACE HOSPITAL==
Seattle Grace Hospital is one of the two main hospitals located in NK town. It was established in 1947. There have been patients that travel across the country to receive the best medical treatment from the leading surgeons in their field and the hospital is best one in the area beating out NK town hospital itself. However, it must be said In recent times its reputation has dropped,after Chief Richard Webber stuck needles in Monica Geller 's forehead after mistaking her for a mentally ill patient. 
After being ranked 12th in top teaching hospitals for a surgical residency program, previously ranked 3rd, and being demoted to a Level II Trauma Center, the Chief was determined to do everything in his power to restore the hospital's former glory. Surgical protocol was changed, more impressive and news grabbing, but risky, surgeries were actively encouraged and as such, was delighted when Derek and Meredith's clinical trial was featured in a medical journal following its success, being hailed as the Shepherd method. Although there was much success, some people (Derek and Bailey) felt he had changed slightly and was acting reckless. Following the changes, the building suffered severe flooding due to a plumbing leak and at the insistence of the Chief, the surgical floor would remain as normal, until a ceiling collapsed on a patient mid-surgery (although this later helped them discover a tumour). Following the appointment of Owen Hunt as head of trauma, the hospital regained its Level I Trauma Center rating. The staff work 80 hour weeks, although in the past this has been breeched, but generally 6 days a week and 50 weeks per year.
Following financial difficulties, Seattle Grace Hospital merged with Mercy West Medical Center in 2009, forming the new Seattle Grace-Mercy West Hospital, based at the current site of Seattle Grace Hospital.