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Geisinger was named after iron magnate George Geisinger by his widow, Abigail Geisinger. The George F. Geisinger Memorial Hospital was founded in Danville in 1915 and later became Geisinger Medical Center. [7] Geisinger Health Plan, a subsidiary health management organization (HMO), was started in 1985. [citation needed]
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital: Wilkes-Barre Luzerne: 412: 15: For-profit: General acute: Community Health Systems — — Wills Eye Hospital: Philadelphia Philadelphia: 4: 8: City: Eye, ear, nose & throat: Independent — — WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital: Uniontown: Fayette: 171: 8: Non-profit: General acute: WVU Medicine — Merged with WVU ...
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is a member of the Commonwealth Health Network. The hospital opened on October 10, 1872, as Wilkes-Barre City Hospital. The name changed to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in 1925. The hospital was sold to Community Health Systems on May 1, 2009.
Geisinger Medical Center is an adult level I trauma center. Adjoined is the Janet Weis Children's Hospital (JWCH), a pediatric level II trauma center. [3] Geisinger Life Flight, a helicopter medevac system, is based at GMC. GMC's position in a small town gives Danville one of the highest concentrations of hospital workers in the United States.
Nov. 10—WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Army Veteran Ronald Skamanich, volunteer curator of memorabilia at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, said veterans come up to him all the time and say they have ...
Denise Allabaugh, The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. March 29, 2021 at 8:20 AM — A project to convert a former high school on Casey Avenue into an apartment building for senior citizens is ...
Thus, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport was named. Construction of the airport took place from 1945 to June 1, 1947, when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport was dedicated. Colonial Airlines and American Airlines were the first airlines at AVP (this three-letter code derives from its location near Avoca, Pennsylvania).
Dec. 22—PITTSTON TWP. — Passenger flow at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport continued to rise in November and the airport marked the opening of a new hightail aircraft hangar.