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. Located in

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, in the

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neighborhood and adjacent to Downtown, the hospital serves as the Hampton Roads region's only Level I trauma center. The hospital is interconnected to the Sentara Heart Hospital, however, it is considered a separate institution. Together with the adjacent

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and the Norfolk Department of Health, the Eastern Virginia Medical Center is the largest conglomerate center for health in

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. For a time, the U.S. News & World Report rated it the best in Virginia. In 2016, SNGH is tied with

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ranked as #2 while

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ranked first.

History

In 1888 the forerunner to Norfolk General, the 25-bed Retreat for the Sick, was opened in downtown Norfolk. At this time there were fewer than 200 hospitals in the entire country. In 1892 the Retreat for the Sick opened the first

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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 there were no deaths. Norfolk Protestant was renamed Norfolk General in the 1930s and the first

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in Virginia was performed there in 1967. In 1981

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was born at the hospital, becoming America's first

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baby. The first

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performed in Hampton Roads occurred at the hospital in 1989. After medical school at

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and training in general surgery and critical care, Suffolk native, Dr. L.D. Britt returned to Hampton Roads and built a well respected general surgery program and established Norfolk General Hospital as Hampton Roads' only Level 1 trauma center.

Ranking

In 2016, the hospital is nationally ranked in two specialties by U.S. News & World Report. * Cardiology and Heart Surgery #24 * Diabetes and Endocrinology #24

References

External links

Hospital websiteArticle about Elizabeth Carr
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