** About Us **
Bladen County Hospital is a modern, up-to-date 58-bed facility with a 24-hour emergency department, staffed on a full-time basis with specially trained physicians and nurses, a 40-bed Medical-Surgical Unit, an Intensive Care Unit and an up-to-date Birthing Center. Our surgical suite and ambulatory surgical section offers the latest in laser and laparoscopic surgery.
The Imaging Department is equipped with the latest technology, such as C.T. Scan, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography and a mobile MRI. Various tests can be performed in Cardiopulmonary, including EKG'S, Stress Testing and Holter Monitoring. We have a Cardiac Rehab program and a Physical Therapy Department providing up-to-date treatments for patients requiring therapy. Our Laboratory is open 24 hours a day to provide accurate, timely test results.
Bladen Medical Associates has two Family Practice physicians and two Internal Medicine physicians, as well as five physician extenders. It is located two blocks from Bladen County Hospital. Bladen Medical Associates has satellite offices in Bladenboro and Dublin.
Phillips Internal Medicine in Elizabethtown has one Internal Medicine physician to care for adults.
Bladen Kids’ Care offers care to children from newborns through adolescence.
Women’s Health Specialists offers general and high-risk obstetric care and gynecology at its Elizabethtown office. Babies are delivered in Bladen County Hospital’s modern Birthing Center.
History Of Bladen County Hospital
** HISTORY **
Many years ago, the Honorable James I. McKay, a native of Bladen County, represented this District in the Congress of the United States. Mr. McKay left a large tract of land to Bladen County to be used for the poor, the widows and the orphans of Bladen County. For many years, the County operated the land as a county farm; however, it was finally sold at public auction, and the money derived from the sale was put into a special fund.
Around 1947, a hospital movement was launched in Bladen County. Finally on November 15, 1949, a special election was held, and the voters approved the building of a non-profit hospital.
The county received matching federal funds and construction plans were underway. As the matter of site selection came up, the County Commissioners decided to use the McKay funds for the land purchase. Almost 100 years after the death of James I. McKay, the money he left the county was put to its original use.
The dedication service for the new Bladen County Hospital, made possible in part through the generosity of the Honorable James McKay, was held Sunday, May 18, 1952.
Through the years, Bladen County Hospital was able to expand and grow without any additional county funds. By 1987, the needs of the hospital were great and the citizens approved a $4 million bond issue.
In 2007, Bladen County Hospital requested proposals to partner with the facility. Cape Fear Valley Health System in Fayetteville was one of three organizations to submit bids, and the only not-for-profit organization to respond.
In March 2008, the Bladen County Commissioners and Cape Fear Valley’s Board of Trustees voted to approve a five-year lease of Bladen County Hospital effective June 1.
Under the lease agreement, Cape Fear Valley is managing Bladen County Hospital’s daily operations. At the end of the initial five-year term, the lease can be renewed for up to four additional five-year terms, or either party can end the agreement with six months’ notice. No reduction in hospital services can occur without Bladen County’s approval.
