Maria Parham Medical Center

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About Maria Parham Medical Center
Maria Parham Medical Center is the regions healthcare leader Fully accredited by JCAHO and the College of American Pathologists Maria Parham has combined the qualities necessary to offer the best in community medicine physicians representing a wide range of specialties highly trained nurses and clinical specialists and the latest technology

Maria Parham has the regions largest and most comprehensive Emergency Department staffed by Board Certified emergency physicians We offer you the leading Maternity Center in the four county area and the only Special Care Nursery We have the largest and most advanced Intensive Care and Progressive Care Services with 20 patient rooms equipped with the very best in technology and staffed by specially trained nurses and physicians We also have the regions only CARFaccredited Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit To complement our inpatient rehab services Maria Parham also offers state of the art physical occupational and speech therapy on an outpatient basis

Advanced technology is featured in Maria Parham Medical Centers Radiology Department With two CT scanners MRI Nuclear Medicine and a Womens Diagnostic Center no other hospital in the region can provide you the level of care that we offer Surgical Services is another area that has invested in the latest minimally invasive technology and sophisticated equipment With five of the regions newest and best equipped operating rooms and the largest GI Suite Maria Parham provides you with expertise comparable to larger academic facilities Other services offered include cardiac catheterization sleep studies cardiovascular services and the regions only accredited Respiratory Care Department Medical and Radiation Oncology programs affiliated with Duke University Health System are recognized for cutting edge technology and superior clinicians

Providing the very best in healthcare to a community demands more than just quality patient care in a hospital setting it also means answering the needs of the people you serve Maria Parham Medical Center has joined forces with VanceGranville Community College to provide one of the most innovative medical simulation labs in the state We also responded to the needs of new nurses by opening only the second NETTU Nursing Education Transition Telemetry Unit in the United States Maria Parham Regional Home Health was the first home health agency in our service area to offer athome telemetry to its patients greatly reducing emergency visits for its cardiac and respiratory clients Maria Parhams Infectious Disease Clinic is national recognized for the work it has done in treating those with HIVAIDS

As you spend time with us we are sure that you will see Maria Parham Medical Center is committed to excellence and to providing healthcare inspired by you

History

History
Maria Parham Hospital Inc was founded in 1925 by five Henderson physicians It was initially operated as a stock company for profit The five doctors who founded this early Maria Parham were HA Newell RT Upchurch TS Royster BG Allen and AP Newcomb The 27bed facility opened its doors on July 1 1926 with 10 patients six of whom were transferred from Sarah Elizabeth Hospital

Maria Parham Hospital was named after Mrs Maria Southerland Parham who was married to Samuel Jones Parham a captain in the US Army Mr Parham died at a very young age and left his wife with 7 children Her sons one in particular named Sabat Southerland Parham made significant contributions of money and furnishings to the buildings construction in his mothers memory

In May of 1931 the Maria Parham Hospital Association was incorporated by five members of the community and leased from its owners to operate it as a nonprofit organization An addition was built onto the hospital in 1943 which increased its bed capacity to 44 In January 1944 the Association purchased the hospital from its owners for 100000 and it continues to be operated today as a nonstock notforprofit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors

By 1960 Maria Parham Hospital was finding itself severely pinched for space It was estimated that more than 15 million could be spent to renovate the old hospital and to increase its capacity to 80 beds However it would still be an old building in a congested area and would continue to lack the services and convenience needed A modern new 100bed hospital could be built for 18 million which would house all the modern facilities and would lend itself to future expansion A site west of Henderson for the new hospital was given in 1962 by the heirs to the estate of Mr and Mrs James H Brodie The new 102bed hospital as it stood upon opening on November 4 1965 cost roughly 225 million to build and another quarter million to equip The new Maria Parham also represented the beginning of desegregated hospitals in Henderson

A number of modifications and additions have been made to Maria Parham over the years including a name change in 2005 to Maria Parham Medical Center The JW Jenkins Sr Medical Services Building was constructed in 1974 the John T Church Building was added in 1990 and the Brodie Waddill Wing was completed in 1997 In 2005 Maria Parham added a new patient tower and remodeled much of the existing hospital at a cost of over 50 million dollars

Today Maria Parham Medical Center is a private nonprofit fullservice regional hospital serving the people of north central North Carolina and Southside Virginia With a team of more than 150 physicians and 700 clinical and support staff Maria Parham offers a wide range of services and the latest technology to meet the healthcare needs of the community Maria Parham located in Henderson NC is fully accredited by both The Joint Commission and CMS