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MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Psychiatric Institute of Washington; Sibley Memorial Hospital; Specialty Hospital of Washington - Capitol Hill; Specialty Hospital of Washington - Hadley; St. Elizabeths Hospital; United Medical Center (opened in 1966 as Cafritz Memorial Hospital; also formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital) [2]
Naval Base Kwajalein, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 5,000-foot runway, hospital, 4,300-foot runway, 100-ton dry dock, Roi Islands, Ebadon Island, Namur Island, Ebeye Island (1943–1952) (Battle of Kwajalein) Majuro Submarine Base, Marshall Islands- Advanced Base, Harbor, Sub base, Fleet recreational center, (1940–1945)
St. Elizabeths Hospital was the first federally funded institution for the mentally ill. The hospital is a National Historic Landmark but has since fallen into disrepair and serves only a small number of patients. There are two other psychiatric hospitals located in the city: Riverside Hospital and the Psychiatric Institute of Washington.
Kwajalein headquarters was on Ebeye Island. At Ebeye the US Navy had a headquarters and port facilities in support of Naval Base Kwajalein. The US Navy Fleet post office Box was 807. Ebeye is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll, no base was built on the island. The island remained for civilian use only. Ebeye was used as a Japanese ...
Ebeye island being shelled on 30 January 1944, prior to the Battle of Kwajalein later that year Ebeye Island seaplane base, 1945. The Imperial Japanese Navy constructed a seaplane base on Ebeye in the early 1940s. Following the Battle of Kwajalein from 31 January to 3 February 1944, Ebeye was occupied by US forces.
There are two public hospitals, Leroj Atama Medical Center in Majuro which has 101 beds and Leroj Kitlang Health Center in Ebeye which has 45. There are 58 health care centres on the outer atolls and islands. There is also a hospital on Kwajalein Atoll at the US military base which serves only the American forces. [3]
These buildings were built in 1920–1923 to the Colonial Revival design of Washington architect Snowden Ashford. Local contractor George H. Wynne constructed the buildings for $766,200. By 1924 it had been featured in the journal Modern Hospital and was also described in 1928 in the standard text The American Hospital of the Twentieth Century. [2]
[18] [19] The country's only other major hospital is on Ebeye Island, the Leroij Kitlang Memorial Health Center. [18] [20] As of 2015, most of the 43 physicians employed by the Marshall Islands were located at the Majuro Hospital. The Laura and Rongrong Health Centers are also located on the atoll of Majuro.