Nashville General Hospital over the years (2024)

A dozen wheel chairs, costing $80 each, have been donated to Nashville General Hospital by the Davidson County Chapter of the Tennessee Society for Crippled Children. Miss Marie Warren, supervisor on the pediatrics ward, is shown April 12, 1946 with three youngsters in two of the wheel chairs. Six of the chairs are for adult patients and six for children. The chairs permit the hospital to take the patients out in the sunshine and facilitate movement of the patients inside the hospital.

Patients, with their family members and staff of Nashville General Hospital, enjoy the entertainment of Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys performance Sept. 6, 1949.

Star of the show was Roy Acuff, second from left, who with his Smoky Mountain Boys, perform several of their songs and clowning acts for the patients of Nashville General Hospital Sept. 6, 1949.

Dr. John L. Sawyers, right, head of the surgery department at Nashville General Hospital, and Dr. Robert T. Sessions, chief resident surgeon, examines a Russian surgical instrument Nov. 9, 1962, which they have found helpful. A stapling device, it is used instead of sutures in some type of operations.

Commie Dozier, left, staff X-ray technician at Nashville General Hospital, and Jane C. Pate, chief X-ray technician, study a patient’s film March 13, 1963, which was processed in the hospital’s new darkroom. The just completed 32-bed, $500,000 wing at the hospital will be dedicated the next day. The wing has expanded X-ray laboratory and operating room facilities along with eight four-bed wards.

"How wonderful it is to see," exclaims Mrs. Annie Robinson, center, 77, of Antioch Pike, whose sight was restored through surgery after eight blind years. With her July 17, 1963 are her husband, C.M. Robinson, left, and 5-year-old Lois Adcox, her granddaughter whom she had never seen. Dr. Leonard Berg of Nashville General Hospital did surgery two weeks before, restoring sight in both eyes.

Five-year-old Jinkins Prencess of Whites Creek Pike is enjoying some of her Christmas gifts a day earlier Dec. 24, 1966 as she spent the holidays at Nashville General Hospital recovering from rheumatic fever.

Grand Ole Opry vet Cousin Jody, born John C. Summey 60 years ago in Possum Hollow, Tenn., rest in his bed at Nashville General Hospital April 30, 1973. Cousin Jody said that they are running some tests on him because of a kidney infection and a growth on one of his kidneys. He hasn't been able to perform since he became sick three years ago. Since then, he has been in and out of hospitals three to five times a year.

Nashville General Hospital, shown here on Hermitage Avenue Sept. 8, 1973, is the third preference of the Metro Hospital Board proposes to build a $30-40 million comprehensive health center with emphasis on elderly indigent care. The hospital occupies 12 acres, and an undeveloped six-acre strip of land east of the hospital, owned by Metro, could be used for part of the proposed complex.

Nashville General Hospital, shown here on Hermitage Avenue Sept. 8, 1973, is the third preference of the Metro Hospital Board proposes to build a $30-40 million comprehensive health center with emphasis on elderly indigent care. The hospital occupies 12 acres, and an undeveloped six-acre strip of land east of the hospital, owned by Metro, could be used for part of the proposed complex.

Winnie the Pooh is receiving a pat to his oversized stomach from a delighted Mary Ruth Van Hoosier, 4, during a ÒPoohÕs birthday partyÓ that was sponsored by Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the waiting room of the childrenÕs clinic at Nashville General Hospital Aug. 20, 1975.

Dr. Charles Harlan is talking about his job March 13, 1986 in front of the new $915,000 forensics center next to Nashville General Hospital on Hermitage Avenue that is almost finished. Dr. Harlan became NashvilleÕs first medical examiner when he came here from Memphis in 1983.

Robert Archer, left, of Rock City Mechanical, and Tommy Bynum of Acoustical Concepts, are doing the touchup work on one of the OR room of MeHarry Hospital July 31, 1997 as they get ready for Nashville General Hospital to moving in.

Meharry President John Maupin, left, Sheldon Krizelman of the Metro Dept. of Hospitals, David Satcher of the Center for Disease Control, W. Thomas Deweese of Nashville General Hospital and Metro Mayor Phil Bredesen share a laugh while touring the new Nashville General Hospital on Meharry Medical College's campus Jan. 1, 1998.

Tonia Silcox and her newborn baby, Trent, are being transported from the old Nashville General Hospital on Hermitage Avenue to the new one on Albion Street Jan. 27, 1998.

Third-year medical student Weldon James listens to patient David Green's chest while Dr. Michael Floyd of internal medicine, standing left, talking with another third-year student, Eli Watts, about what to look for as they take rounds of the patients at Nashville General Hospital April 7, 1998.

Dr. John Maupin of Meharry, Metro Mayor Phil Bredesen and Dr. Harry Jacobson of Vanderbilt address the Nashville General Hospital board about an alliance between Meharry Hubbard Hospital and Vanderbilt Medical School Jan. 13, 1999.

Kitty Holmes, left, and Yetteva Sheffield, RNs and Certified Child Birth Educators at Nashville General Hospital help Katie Beesley and Sloan Ashley understand what is involved during child birth Jan. 20, 1999. Beesley and Ashley are volunteering at the hospital through a Harpeth Halls program.

Dr. Roxane Spitzer, new CEO of Nashville General Hospital, gives an interview at the hospital June 21, 1999.

Pedro Martinez, left, and his wife, Beatrice Fraire, hold their son, Pedro Jr., who was Nashville General Hospital's first Christmas baby, born at 1:57 a.m., Dec. 25, 1999. Friends in General, comprised of about 30 community volunteers, made the receiving blankets and stocking caps for all babies born at Metro during the holiday season.

Dr. Steven Stain, new chairman and chief of surgery at Metro General Hospital, sitting left, checking on patient Rosetta Blackman as she recovered from surgery March 17, 2000. With Dr. Stain are two of his three third year medical students, Daniel G. Kean II, left, and Sam Hamid.

Vivian Glover listens for a breath on her CPR dummy during a CPR class at Nashville General Hospital Feb. 17, 2001.

Nashville General Hospital Nurse Midwife Julie Barnett, left, speaks with patient Rosa Maria Hernadez about her five-week-baby Johnathan while the hospital interpreter Lesley Rodriguez translates Jan. 8, 2003.

Radiology director Craig Shephard, left, explains proper technique to radiologic technology students Crystal Bills, Desiree Hay, Traci Lynn Harper, Edwina Ayers and Carrey Hendrick at Nashville General Hospital July 24, 2003.

Nancy Perez, left, holds her baby girl, Joanna Jiminez, while the father, Jesus Jiminez looks on at Nashville General Hospital Jan. 2, 2004. The baby was born at 1:16 a.m. New Year Day and beating Baptist Hospital for the first baby born in Nashville.

RN Sandra Wakefield checks Eric Schneeberger's temperature March 8, 2004 as he recovering from surgery at Nashville General Hospital.

Hank Helton and Joe Cain of Metropolitan Development and Housing check out the roof of the former Nashville General Hospital Aug. 26, 2004 that will be refurbished at the Rolling Mill Hill project site.

Nashville General Hospital certified nurse technician II Donna Long, left, registered nurse Jolanda Coffey and CNT II Maryita Lester took advantage of a lull in the action on the medical/surgical floor to catch up on office work NOv. 16, 2004.

Nashville General Hospital, which is struggling with it financials, is ready for a new day of treating patients Nov. 16, 2004.

Dr. Reginald Coopwood, left, the chief medical officer at Nashville General Hospital, talks with staff members Margaret Hardin, center, and Geraldine Murphy in finals preps before doing a tracheostomy Jan. 14, 2005.

Dr. Reginald Coopwood, the incoming CEO of Nashville General Hospital, listens to the hospital budget presentation with the mayor at City Hall May 4, 2005.

Lorellie Evangelista, RN, left, talks with Roxanne Spitzer, the outgoing CEO of Nashville General Hospital after Spitzer presented the surgical team with a token of her appreciation May 6, 2005.

Nashville General Hospital nurse Leslie Reasoner, left, and Dr. John Nixon work their shift in the emergency room May 23, 2005.

A sign and one of the former building of the Nashville General Hospital are at the redevelopment site of Rolling Mill Hill July 12, 2005.

Dr. John Nixon, far left, Dr. Ursula Norfleet, center, and R.N. Will Duckworth, right, work their shift in the Emergency room at the Nashville General Hospital Feb. 13, 2006.

Heart patient Robbie Warfield rests at Nashville General Hospital Feb. 13, 2006. The city owned hospital is facing a budget shortfall which could impact patients like Warfield.

Silvia Pina feeds her 3-day-old son, Nelson Cruz Jr., at Nashville General Hospital Feb. 13, 2006. They learned of General the way many of its patients do - by word of mouth. The struggling hospital doesn't have a big budget for advertising and marketing for its services.

Work has begin March 22, 2006 on the Rolling Mill Hills project at the site of the old Nashville General Hospital. An October groundbreaking is planned.

Registered Nurse Buddy Wood, right, looks at patient Kenneth Rowland's foot at Nashville General Hospital May 26, 2006. Kenneth has Anasarca which is accumulation of fluid in the body and is also a diabetic and had one foot amputated a few months ago. Rowland credits the hospital with saving his life.

The power plant is spotlighted in the hole of a broken window at the old Nashville General Hospital on Hermitage Ave. Jan. 10, 2007. The old hospital is becoming Rolling Mill Hill development that will include condos, shops and other amenities.

Nashville General Hospital Neonatal nurses, Dorothy Bridges, left, and Hattie Griffin show off new diaper bags May 24, 2007 that The "Sew Croft," Croft Middle School sewing club made.

The three standing structures, here at the Sobro construction site of Rolling Mill Hill Sept. 27, 2007, are in the process of being renovated.

Rolling Mill Hill project, here Feb. 15, 2008, is renovating two buildings that used to be part of the Nashville General Hospital and planning to building a third building.

Dr. James Sullivan, left, talks to patient Louis Mapp after his examination at Nashville General Hospital April 8, 2009.

Justin Lanning, center, CEO of CredenceHealth, and COO Marty Fitzgerald, left, here May 7, 2009, have created a new patient tracking software to help medical personnel keep up with patient information at Nashville General Hospital.

Cancer researcher Debbie Wujcik, RN, PhD, shows off her work at the Nashville General Hospital Oct. 20, 2009.

Meharry medical student Dorie Saxon examines Jason Lara 5, in the pediatric clinic at Nashville General Hospital March 31, 2010. Saxon intends to work in pediatrics after finishing her residency.

Jason E. Boyd, interim CEO of the Metro Nashville Hospital Authority and CEO of Nashville General Hospital, poses for a photograph on top of the parking structure Oct. 27, 2010.

Angelena Hayes, 5, makes "thinking of you" cards at the Celebration of Life event at Nashville General Hospital June 5, 2011. Hayes was at the event in support of her aunt.

Margaret Young participates in the fashion show at the Celebration of Life event at the Nashville General Hospital June 5, 2011. Young lost her father and two brothers to cancer.

Sean Siple, left, helps customers including Faye Recinto, in black, Amaka Okafor, in orange, and Renee Ashworth at a Farmers Market table inside the General Hospital March 25, 2014.

Richard Harris, left, Najwl Ayad and Sharon Mendoza wait in the snow for a bus at the bus stop at Nashville General Hospital March 25, 2014.

American Cancer Society volunteer Charles "Bo" Rogers, right, picks up Rex Luckado in front of Nashville General Hospital May 9, 2014.

Nashville General Hospital Chief Operating Officer Joe Webb talks with The Tennessean in his office at the hospital April 12, 2016.

Teresa McMahon, RN, left, fills out paperwork after Hollie Whinham dropped off a milk donation at the Nashville General Hospital milk depot April 13, 2016.

Nashville General Hospital is ready for another day of treating patients April 18, 2016.

Pharmacist Manager Razia Shamsuddin pulls a bottle from the shelf while working on creating a price table in the new pharmacy at Nashville General Hospital April 18, 2016.

Dr Kevin Hogan wraps the arm of patient Deneen Barnes during her visit to the Nashville General Hospital ER Oct. 19, 2017. The hospital has renovated their ER so people with less serious problems go on a different track from the really sick/emergency patients.

Members of the Hospital Authority Board listen as members of the community express their options regarding the possible closure of the Nashville General Hospital during their meeting at the hospital Nov. 17, 2017.

Vanessa Robertson-Sanders, a certified technician expresses her option regarding the possible closure of the hospital to the Hospital Authority Board during a meeting at the Nashville General Hospital Nov. 17, 2017.

Stephanie Dyson, RN, left, checks on patient Deborah Frierson at Nashville General Hospital Dec. 12, 2017. Frierson was receiving treatment for cancer at the infusion clinic.

Dr. DeAnn Bullock, Emergency Department Medical Director, speaks about her department at Nashville General Hospital Dec. 12, 2017.

Nashville General Hospital CEO Joe Webb speaks during a meeting of The Hospital Authority of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County at the hospital Dec. 21, 2017.

Dr. Joseph Webb, CEO at Nashville General Hospital, with Nashville City Council member Erica Gilmore, to his left, speaks at a press conference Jan. 26, 2018 at Nashville General Hospital held in response to Mayor Megan Barry's announcement of a proposed $13.2M subsidy for the hospital.

Staff members hold signs at a news conference Jan. 26, 2018, at Nashville General Hospital in response to the announcement of a proposed $13.2 million subsidy for the hospital.