Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, 1968

Dublin Core

Title

Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, 1968

Subject

Hospitals - Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

Description

When the Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital opened on Burns Road in 1968, its first patient was a seven-year old girl. The hospital cost $1.3 million to build and equip and originally opened as a nonprofit operation. This 89-bed facility was later given to the City of Palm Beach Gardens by its builder, John D. MacArthur. In 1970, the hospital was acquired by American Medical International and later expanded several times.

Creator

Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society

Source

Photograph can be found on p.66 of Palm Beach Gardens History by Arcadia

Publisher

Date

1968-12-04

Rights

(c) 2013, Historical Society of Palm Beach Gardens

Relation

RG025HOS - Hospitals
C01GMC - Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Image

Coverage

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

3397 x 2731

Files

Citation

Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society, “Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, 1968,” accessed April 19, 2024, http://pbgarchives.org/items/show/78.