Bertie Memorial Hospital is a

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located in Windsor,

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. It is a part of

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. The original hospital opened in 1952 with Hill-Burton Act funding. It is a three-story, masonry,

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building with a flat roof. It closed temporarily in 1985 and underwent several turnovers in management. Vidant Health (renamed ECU Health in 2022) took over management in 1998 and provided money for a new hospital in September 2001. The hospital was the first in the nation constructed according to Critical Access Hospital standards. The federal Office of Rural Health Policy has designated it a national model for Critical Access Hospital construction. The hospital concentrates on same-day services. It has six general hospital beds. It was listed on the

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in 2004.

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Bertie Memorial Hospital
Hospital buildings completed in 1952 Hospital buildings completed in 2001 Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina International style architecture in North Carolina Hospitals in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Bertie County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina 1952 establishments in North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-hospital-stub