Cleveland Regional Medical Center

Name :

Cleveland Regional Medical Center

Address  :

201 East Grover Street

Town  :

Shelby

State  :

North Carolina

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

28150

Phone  :

980 487 3000

Web URL  :

Available

Description

Welcome to Cleveland Regional Medical Center CRMC where progressive change is anticipated continual appreciated and not feared

Leadership is our passion shared vision is our strategy and decentralized decision making is our tactic We believe that our community is entitled to the same level of access the same level of technology and the same level of compassion as people who live in larger cities and further we believe it is our mission to serve regardless of ones ability to pay

CRMC is the main hospital in a three hospital system called the Cleveland County HealthCare System Kings Mountain Hospital KMH and Crawley Memorial Hospital make up the other two acute care facilities

We are also an integral part of the Carolinas HealthCare System based in Charlotte North Carolina which is one of the largest notforprofit healthcare systems in the country

History

History
1910 Dr TG Hamrick opened Cleveland Countys first private hospital

1923 43bed Shelby Hospital opened

1945 Cleveland County took over the management of Shelby Hospital

1952 57bed wing was added

1956 another wing added increasing bed capacity to 175 and the number of staff to 181 Added one of only five General Electric Xray machines in NC the latest in diagnostic technology

1957 Renamed Cleveland Memorial Hospital

1967 100bed wing added bringing patient capacity to 275

1968 Intensive Care Unit opened

1972 expanded outpatient and Xray services built a new entrance classrooms an auditorium waiting room and coffee shop

1975 added a linear accelerator at the time one of only three in NC to bring extensive cancer treatment to the community

1988 Voters passed a 25 million bond referendum to help finance construction of a new hospital

1992 new hospital building complete

1996 Cleveland Memorial Hospital began doing business as Cleveland Regional Medical Center CRMC and the county commissioners approved a lease agreement between CRMC and Carolinas HealthCare System

1997 CRMC joined other community healthcare providers to form a unique partnership called the HealthCare Enterprise to assure clients a seamless and costefficient approach to healthcare

1997 Emergency Department designated NCs first Level III Trauma Center

2000 Cancer Center becomes Blumenthal Cancer Center at CRMC one of the first cancer centers in the region certified by the American College of Surgeons

2000 CRMC Heart Center founded as part of The Carolinas Heart Institute at Carolinas Medical Center one of the most respected cardiac programs in the Southeast

2002 Expanded Labor amp Delivery unit opened

2003 Merger agreement signed with Kings Mountain Hospital

2007 New Emergency Department and Surgery Pavilion opened