by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022
In 1946, the School of Practical Nursing opened at Leigh Memorial Hospital, becoming the first nursing program in the country to be completed entirely in a hospital and co-sponsored by a vocational education program. The one-year course offered students the...
by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022
Norfolk Protestant Hospital is renamed Norfolk General Hospital.
by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022
In the early 20th century, donations from community members made many improvements at Virginia hospitals possible. For years, Martha Jefferson Hospital had used a horse-drawn wagon as an ambulance. In 1931, wealthy patron James Patterson donated a Cadillac to the...
by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022
The New, 50-Bed Martha Jefferson Hospital opens and is reorganized as a Not-For-Profit Community Hospital.
by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022
Norfolk Protestant Hospital experienced rapid growth in the late 1920s—much of it due to the leadership of local businessman David Pender, who became president of the board of directors in 1926. Pender raised $300,000 for updates to the hospital, including new...
