NAMCA is Created

by DigitalTeam | Nov 1, 2022

By 1963, the Norfolk region, with more than 1 million residents, stood as the largest population center east of the Mississippi River without a medical school. Faced with a rapidly growing population, the Virginia General Assembly approved the creation of the Norfolk...

New Facilities for Virginia Beach

by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022

Recognizing their community’s need for a larger hospital, the Virginia Beach City Council donated land for an expanded hospital on 25th Street and Arctic Avenue in 1960. After raising almost $1 million, the new General Hospital of Virginia Beach opened in 1961,...

Charity Care and Expansion at Norfolk General

by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022

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

by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022

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

by Justin Kirk | Oct 27, 2022

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...