Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Carilion Clinic
Geography
Location	Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, University of Virginia, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	703 [1]
History
Opened	1899
Links
Website	www.carilionclinic.org/crmh
Lists	Hospitals in Virginia

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH) is a private teaching hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. With 703 beds, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in the state. It is part of Carilion Clinic. ^{[2] [3]}

The region's only level I trauma center, ^{[4] [5]} the hospital operates three medical helicopters (LifeGuard 10, 11, and 12) to provide air ambulance transport, including one in Moneta, one in Christiansburg, and one in Lexington. ^[6]

History

The hospital was founded in 1899 as Roanoke Hospital.

In the 1920s and 1930s, its growth was funded through gifts of hundreds of thousands of dollars from David W. Flickwir, a railroad executive and contractor who had married the hospital's nursing superintendent. The hospital dubbed him its "Greatest Benefactor"; a 1925 building he funded, the Flickwir Memorial Unit, still stands. ^[7]

In the 21st century, the hospital completed a large expansion project, adding an emergency department, a labor-and-delivery unit, and the Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital, which has a pediatric emergency department.

References

1. "Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital" . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
2. "Virginia Health Information:Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital" . Retrieved April 17, 2007.
3. "Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital | Carilion Clinic – Virginia". Carilion Clinic. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
4. "Virginia Trauma Centers". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
5. "Carilion Level I Trauma Center". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
6. Bishop, Brandon. "Healthcare: We're the Hub for the Region". Archived from the original on November 20, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
7. Hailey, Diane (2005). "Fralin House Rededicated to Honor Memory of Horace Fralin" (PDF). Jefferson Chronicle (2): 14.

External links

• Official website

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