Charity Care and Expansion at Norfolk General
Through the 1950s, Norfolk General Hospital continued to operate as a charity organization. The hospital provided care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay—taking in over 50 percent of Norfolk’s indigent patients. To keep up with the costs of charity care and pay...
Louise Obici Memorial Hospital Opens in Suffolk
Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici made Suffolk, Virginia, famous when he relocated his business, Planters Peanut Company, there in 1921. When his wife Louise died, Obici sought to honor her with a memorial that would also benefit his adopted community. In 1945, Obici set...
Virginia Beach’s First Hospital
Virginia Beach gained popularity as a vacation spot in the 20th century, becoming a bustling community by the 1940s. With the nearest hospitals over 20 miles away in Norfolk, two local physicians recognized the need for a hospital in Virginia Beach. Dr. Waller Taylor...