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The first vote to build the Clarke County Hospital was approved by a 1,249 to 203 margin.
The Clarke County Public Hospital opened on January 19, 1953.
The first child was born at the hospital at 5:48 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 1953. The baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Fuller.
The first boy born at the Clarke County Hospital was Gerald Luce on January 29, 1953. Gerald now works for Clarke County Hospital in the Environmental Services department.
The west wing was opened in 1968. The expansion cost approximately $500,000, which nearly half the cost was covered by a federal Hill-Harris grant.
The dietary departments combines for nearly 100 years of work experience at CCH.
The dietary department served more than 51,000 meals last fiscal year.
Prior to the 1994 remodel, ER patients had to ring a door bell to let us know they were here.
The Ambulance service moved to hospital in July 1987.
The ER addition was added in 1994 at Clarke County Hospital.
The Helipad was added at Clarke County Hospital in 1995.
The Respiratory Therapy Department recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Clarke County Hospital offers sleep studies, pulmonary rehab and pulmonary function testing.
A board certified pulmonologist holds an outpatient clinic every other month at CCH.
In the 2009 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2009, Clarke County Hospital had 3,739 emergency room visits.
In the 2009 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2009, Clarke County Hospital recorded 809 ambulance visits.
In the 2009 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2009, 609 surgical procedures were performed at Clarke County Hospital.
In the 2009 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2009, the Clarke County Hospital lab conducted 36,200 tests.
Since Clarke County Hospital began performing digital mammograms on July 17, 2009, 775 test have been conducted. In the 2009 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2009, Clarke County Hospital performed 580 mammograms before the switch.
The diagnostic imaging department recorded 1,988 CT scans in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
Clarke County Hospital staff performed 1,220 EKG tests in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
Clarke County hospital began offering cardiovascular testing in late in 2008, and saw 590 patients in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
The physical therapy department saw 22,390 patients in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
213 MRIs were performed from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 at Clarke County Hospital.
Patients spend a total of 5,021 days at Clarke County Hospital from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.