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 doors July 17, 1967. The hospital has a staff of more than 750 primary and specialty physicians 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 30 minutes 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 partnership University of Miami's Miller 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 affiliated teaching 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]

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* [http://www.brch.com Boca Raton Community Hospital]