Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Sentara
Entrance to Norfolk General, with Christmas lights
Geography
Location Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Coordinates 36°51′40.53″N 76°18′12.78″W / 36.8612583°N 76.30355°W / 36.8612583; -76.30355
Organization
Care system Sentara
Hospital type Non-profit
Affiliated university Eastern Virginia Medical School
Services
Emergency department Yes, Level 1 Trauma Center
Beds 563
History
Founded 1888
Links
Website SNGH website
Lists 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 the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia. It is located adjacent to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Sentara Heart Hospital and Eastern Virginia Medical School for which it serves as the teaching hospital.[1] Norfolk General is home to the only Level I Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads.[2] The hospital is considered among the best in the country.[3]


Kaufman Tower, SNGH
Across Main entrance

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.










References

  1. ^ Schuster, Carol R. (1998). Medical Readiness: Efforts Are Underway for Dod Training in Civilian Trauma Centers. Diane Publishing. pp. 19. ISBN 0788181386. 
  2. ^ Shaputis, Kathleen (2006). 50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family. Career Press. pp. 322. ISBN 1564148262. 
  3. ^ Garoogian, David (2002). America's Top-rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook. Grey House Publishing. pp. 281. ISBN 1930956967. 
  4. ^ Yarsinske, Amy Waters (1999). Norfolk's Church Street: Between Memory and Reality, VA. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 40. ISBN 0738501034. 
  5. ^ Judy and Roger Carr, America's First Test Tube Parents. Public Broadcasting Service. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/babies/peopleevents/p_carrs.html. Retrieved 2007-10-17 

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