Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
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| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Sentara |
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| Entrance to Norfolk General, with Christmas lights | |
| Location | |
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| Place | Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia, (US) |
| Organization | |
| Care System | Sentara |
| Hospital Type | Non-profit |
| Affiliated University | Eastern Virginia Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes |
| Beds | 563 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Links | |
| Website | Norfolk General website Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in the United States |
- For the similarly named hospital in Simcoe, Ontario, see Norfolk General Hospital.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. It is located adjacent to Sentara Heart Hospital. Norfolk General is home to the only Level I Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads,[1] and is the teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.[2] The hospital is considered among the best in the country.[3]
[edit] History
In 1888 the forerunner to Norfolk General, the 25-bed Retreat for the Sick, was opened in downtown Norfolk.[4] At this time there were fewer than 200 hospitals in the entire country. In 1892 the Retreat for the Sick opened the first nursing school in Norfolk. The hospital moved to a new location in 1896 and was renamed Norfolk Protestant Hospital in 1898. The hospital moved again in 1903 and witnessed a fire in 1906, though no lives were lost. Norfolk Protestant was renamed Norfolk General in the 1930s and the first open-heart surgery in Virginia was performed there in 1967.
In 1981 Elizabeth Carr was born at the hospital, becoming America's first in-vitro fertilization baby.[5] The first heart transplant performed in Hampton Roads occurred at the hospital in 1989.
[edit] References
- ^ Shaputis, Kathleen (2006). 50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family. Career Press, 322. ISBN 1564148262.
- ^ Schuster, Carol R. (1998). Medical Readiness: Efforts Are Underway for Dod Training in Civilian Trauma Centers. Diane Publishing, 19. ISBN 0788181386.
- ^ Garoogian, David (2002). America's Top-rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook. Grey House, 281. ISBN 1930956967.
- ^ Yarsinske, Amy Waters (1999). Norfolk's Church Street: Between Memory and Reality, VA. Arcadia Publishing, 40. ISBN 0738501034.
- ^ Judy and Roger Carr, America's First Test Tube Parents, <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/babies/peopleevents/p_carrs.html>. Retrieved on 17 October 2007
