About Backus
For more than 116 years, Backus Hospital has provided quality healthcare to the residents of eastern Connecticut.
The 213-bed, not-for-profit, acute care community Hospital is the primary source of health services for nearly a quarter-million people. Since its founding in 1893, Backus Hospital has continually expanded, providing new programs and services and forming strategic alliances with other healthcare organizations and providers.
Backus is the only trauma center east of the Connecticut River, and it is the only regional facility that has a hangar for LIFE STAR, Hartford Hospital's air medical transport helicopter.