ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda

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ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda
Community Health Systems
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ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda, as seen from the Riverside Behavioral Center
ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda
Geography
Location809 East Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda, Florida, United States
Coordinates 26°56′27″N82°02′24″W / 26.94083°N 82.04000°W / 26.94083; -82.04000
Organization
Care system Private hospital
Funding For-profit hospital
Type General hospital
Affiliated university Florida SouthWestern State College, Charlotte Technical Center
Services
Standards Joint Commission
Beds208 [1]
History
Former name(s)Charlotte Hospital
Charlotte Community Hospital
Medical Center
Medical Center Hospital
Charlotte Regional Medical Center
Bayfront Health Punta Gorda
OpenedAugust 17, 1947
Links
Website shorepointhealthcharlotte.com
Lists Hospitals in Florida

ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda, is a for-profit hospital in Punta Gorda, Florida, owned by Community Health Systems.

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History

On August 17, 1947, Charlotte Hospital opened in Charlotte County becoming the first hospital in the county. It had 12 hospital beds, an emergency department, X-ray and laboratory. [1] Before the hospital was built physicians and patients traveled to Arcadia and Fort Myers. [2] The need in Charlotte County was so great that the hospital expanded to 25 beds two years later. [1] In 1959, Charlotte Hospital changed its name to Charlotte Community Hospital, and then to Medical Center in 1966. [1] In 1969, it was purchased by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and it was renamed Medical Center Hospital. By 1973, it was part of Southern Adventist Health and Hospital Systems, Inc. [1] [3]

In 1994, it was sold by Adventist Health System to Health Management Associates and was renamed Charlotte Regional Medical Center. [1] [3]

In August 2004, the hospital saw the most damage from Hurricane Charley out of the three hospitals in Charlotte County; damage from the hurricane temporarily disabled all services at the facility. [4]

On June 27, 2013, Health Management Associates announced that Charlotte Regional Medical Center would be rebranding to Bayfront Health Punta Gorda. [5] On July 30, it was announced that Community Health Systems would purchase Health Management Associates for $3.6 billion. [6] On January 15, 2014, the hospital officially changed its name to Bayfront Health Punta Gorda. [7] [8] On January 27, Community Health Systems acquired Health Management Associates. [9] [10]

On November 30, 2021, Bayfront Health Punta Gorda was rebranded as ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda. [11]

On November 22, 2024, AdventHealth signed a definitive agreement to purchase ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda and its assets from Community Health Systems; also in the purchase agreement was ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte, the total sale price for the properties was $265 million. [12] [13] [14]

Hurricane evacuations

On September 25, 2024, the hospital was evacuated due to Hurricane Helene. The hospital's patients were moved by ambulance to ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte. [15] The hospital received major water damage from the storm and is being repaired. [16] [17]

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