by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
In 1972, a for-profit company called Extendicare announced plans to build a hospital in the Pembroke area of Virginia Beach. Three years later, Bayside Hospital opened, featuring over 250 beds. Completed at a cost of nearly $9 million, the five-story hospital became...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Dixie Hospital is renamed Hampton General Hospital.
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
In 1972, Norfolk General Hospital and Leigh Memorial Hospital merged to form Medical Center Hospitals. The two hospitals, only one mile apart, had considered joining forces for decades. By the early 1970s, each hospital’s board recognized that combining would enable...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Despite the rapid expansion in hospital facilities during the first half of the 20th century, no civilian hospital existed between Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Virginia. To address this, the Potomac Hospital Corporation formed in 1968. Membership quickly grew to...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Norfolk General Hospital becomes the site of the first open heart surgery in the Hampton Roads region.
