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  2. History of hospitals - Wikipedia

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    The first hospital founded in the Americas was the Hospital San Nicolás de Bari in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic. Fray Nicolás de Ovando , Spanish governor and colonial administrator from 1502 to 1509, authorized its construction on December 29, 1503.

  3. History of Williamsburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The first psychiatric hospital in the United States was built in the city in the 1770s as the, "Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds" (known in modern times as Eastern State Hospital), was established by act of the Virginia colonial legislature on June 4, 1770. The act, which intended to, "Make Provision for the Support ...

  4. Eastern State Hospital (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The hospital's rebuilt original 1774 building as it stands today in Williamsburg, Virginia. Eastern State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. Built in 1773, it was the first public facility in the present-day United States constructed solely for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. The original building had ...

  5. List of the oldest hospitals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Founded by Dorothea Lynde Dix on May 15, 1848, it was the first public mental hospital in the state of New Jersey. It previously operated under the name New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton and originally as the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum. [24] 1850 San Francisco General Hospital: San Francisco, California

  6. University of Virginia Health System - Wikipedia

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    The Battle Building of the UVA children's hospital.. The University of Virginia Health System consists of five components: The University of Virginia Medical Center provides primary, specialty and emergency care throughout Central Virginia through a network of clinics as well as a main hospital that has 701 inpatient beds, not including a 71-bed Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit and 20-bed ...

  7. VCU Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    Massey Cancer Center – An 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2), $41.8 million building, with 72 research labs and a two-level, 109-car parking lot [5]; Critical Care Hospital – Central Virginia's only level-one trauma center, the 15-story Critical Care Hospital specializes in intensive care [5]

  8. List of hospitals in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Roanoke: 752 [17] Level I Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute: Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital Lexington: 25 [18] Carilion Clinic: Formerly known as Stonewall Jackson Hospital Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital Tazewell, Tazewell County: 56 [19 ...

  9. Richmond VA Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army oversaw the hospital before it was handed over to the Veterans Administration on April 1, 1946. [1] In January 2023, The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Richmond, Virginia, officially changed its name from Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center to Richmond VA Medical Center.