Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
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| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Sentara | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| 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.[1] The hospital is considered among the best in the country.[1]
History
In 1888 the forerunner to Norfolk General, the 25-bed Retreat for the Sick, was opened in downtown Norfolk.[1] 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.[1] The first heart transplant performed in Hampton Roads occurred at the hospital in 1989.
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