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room, additional surgical suites, critical care unit and offices for all outpatient services.
This 158-bed primary care facility features a contemporary care environment for general medical/surgical and ambulatory services. Bayside offers a comprehensive gastrointestinal health program, neuroscience services, diagnostic services and Sentara Heart, a cardiac diagnostic center. It also features a 44,000-square-foot wing that includes an expanded emergency
Sentara Leigh Hospital 730 Kempsville Road Norfolk 466-6000 This 250-bed hospital features all private rooms and specializes in orthopedic, gynecological, general and urological services. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 600 Gresham Drive Norfolk 388-3000 This 664-bed tertiary care facility is located on a large medical campus that includes Eastern Virginia Medical School, The Children’s Hospital for the King’s Daughters and the newly opened Sentara Heart Hospital. Norfolk General is regionally and nationally known for many of its highly specialized services such as the Sentara Cancer Institute, high-risk pregnancy center, in-vitro fertilization, trauma services, microsurgery and reconstructive surgery. The region’s only dedicated heart
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hospital is carrying on the cardiac program for which Norfolk General gained national recognition in 2004 as having one of the top 40 in the nation. Norfolk General is also the home-base for Nightingale, Virginia’s first air ambulance which celebrated its 25th anniversary in February 2007. Nightingale’s flight pattern includes a 125-mile radius, flying as far north as Washington, D.C., as far south as Ocracoke Island, as far east as the Eastern Shore, and as far west as Charlottesville. In addition, Norfolk General’s School of Nursing has teamed up with Old Dominion University to offer a new virtual classroom to nursing students on the Peninsula. The distance-learning program is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2007. Sentara Obici Memorial Hospital www.obici.com 2800 Godwin Boulevard Suffolk 934-4000 Sentara Obici Memorial Hospital, which was dedicated in 2002, actually encompasses three functional buildings carefully designed to provide a patient-centered environment. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission of Health Care, this hospital has approximately 225 physicians who are committed to providing a healing environment and quality services in a wide range of specialties. Departments include medical, surgical, intensive care, physical rehabilitation, neurology, obstetrics, oncology, pediatrics and behavioral medicine. Obici provides an array of sophisticated diagnostic testing including Cardiac Testing, a Sleep Disorders Center, MRI technology, and breast care and cancer care that are among the foremost in Southeastern Virginia. Obici also operates the Heartburn Treatment Center, the area’s only center dedicated to the treatment of such ailments as acid reflux disease. Recent additions include a new Pain Management and Wound Care Resource Center. 91