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About Us
Bladen County Hospital is a modern uptodate 58bed facility with a 24hour emergency department staffed on a fulltime basis with specially trained physicians and nurses a 40bed MedicalSurgical Unit an Intensive Care Unit and an uptodate Birthing Center Our surgical suite and ambulatory surgical section offers the latest in laser and laparoscopic surgery

The Imaging Department is equipped with the latest technology such as CT Scan Nuclear Medicine Ultrasound Mammography and a mobile MRI Various tests can be performed in Cardiopulmonary including EKGS Stress Testing and Holter Monitoring We have a Cardiac Rehab program and a Physical Therapy Department providing uptodate treatments for patients requiring therapy Our Laboratory is open 24 hours a day to provide accurate timely test results

Bladen Medical Associates has two Family Practice physicians and two Internal Medicine physicians as well as five physician extenders It is located two blocks from Bladen County Hospital Bladen Medical Associates has satellite offices in Bladenboro and Dublin

Phillips Internal Medicine in Elizabethtown has one Internal Medicine physician to care for adults

Bladen Kids Care offers care to children from newborns through adolescence

Womens Health Specialists offers general and highrisk obstetric care and gynecology at its Elizabethtown office Babies are delivered in Bladen County Hospitals modern Birthing Center

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History

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HISTORY
Many years ago the Honorable James I McKay a native of Bladen County represented this District in the Congress of the United States Mr McKay left a large tract of land to Bladen County to be used for the poor the widows and the orphans of Bladen County For many years the County operated the land as a county farm however it was finally sold at public auction and the money derived from the sale was put into a special fund

Around 1947 a hospital movement was launched in Bladen County Finally on November 15 1949 a special election was held and the voters approved the building of a nonprofit hospital

The county received matching federal funds and construction plans were underway As the matter of site selection came up the County Commissioners decided to use the McKay funds for the land purchase Almost 100 years after the death of James I McKay the money he left the county was put to its original use

The dedication service for the new Bladen County Hospital made possible in part through the generosity of the Honorable James McKay was held Sunday May 18 1952

Through the years Bladen County Hospital was able to expand and grow without any additional county funds By 1987 the needs of the hospital were great and the citizens approved a 4 million bond issue
In 2007 Bladen County Hospital requested proposals to partner with the facility Cape Fear Valley Health System in Fayetteville was one of three organizations to submit bids and the only notforprofit organization to respond

In March 2008 the Bladen County Commissioners and Cape Fear Valleys Board of Trustees voted to approve a fiveyear lease of Bladen County Hospital effective June 1

Under the lease agreement Cape Fear Valley is managing Bladen County Hospitals daily operations At the end of the initial fiveyear term the lease can be renewed for up to four additional fiveyear terms or either party can end the agreement with six months notice No reduction in hospital services can occur without Bladen Countys approval