- Boca Raton Community Hospital
Boca Raton Community Hospital is a 394-bed not-for-profit health care organization located in
Boca Raton ,Florida . The institution opened its doorsJuly 17 ,1967 . Thehospital has a staff of more than 750 primary and specialtyphysician s who provide preventative and acute hospital care. Nearly 2,100 employees and over 1,200 volunteers also enable the hospital to provide healthcare to its patients. [http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&refno=20451&category=Local%20News]History
In
1962 , Gloria and Robert Drummond’s two young children, Debra and James Randall, were fatally poisoned. Had medical treatment been closer than 30minute s away from Boca Raton, the children’s lives may have been saved. The Debbie-Rand Memorial Service League was formed that year with the mission of raising the funds needed to build a medical facility in Boca Raton. Outside consultants were called in who informed the League that Boca Raton would never warrant a hospital. Undaunted, the 18 founding League members persevered and used “Funds Instead of Flowers” as their rallying cry. By 1967, the League had raised $3.5 million and “The Miracle on Meadows Road” was opened with 104 beds on July 17 of that year. [http://www.brch.com/index.php?src=gendocs&link=ath_info&category=Main]Florida Atlantic University in partnershipUniversity of Miami 'sMiller School of Medicine established a medical training in 2004. Two years later in June 2006, Florida Atlantic and the hospital approved an agreement to implement a land lease for the development and operation of a community-university affiliatedteaching hospital on Florida Atlantic's Boca Raton Campus. However, following successive budgets deficits, the hospital delayed its participation indefinitely in 2007.cite web | title = UMSM@FAU | publisher = The University of Miami | url =http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,2600-1;31823-3,00.html | accessdate =2007-05-26] cite web | title = UMMSM at FAU Questions | publisher = Florida Atlantic University | url =http://med.fau.edu/biomedical/ummsm_rmc/prospective_students.html#FrequentlyAskedQuestions | accessdate =2007-05-26] cite press release | title =Boca Raton Community Hospital Receives $75 Million | publisher = PNN Online | date =2006-01-30 | url = http://pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=7242 | accessdate = 2007-10-12] cite news | last =Pensa | first = Patty | title =Boca Raton Community Hospital loses $28 million, replaces CEO: Plan to build teaching facility set back | publisher ="South Florida Sun-Sentinel" | date =2008-01-05]References
External links
* [http://www.brch.com Boca Raton Community Hospital]
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