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North Fulton Regional Hospital |
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3000 Hospital Boulevard |
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Roswell |
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Georgia |
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USA |
| Post Code |
30076 |
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770 751 2500 |
| Fax |
770 751 2912 |
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Specialization Of North Fulton Regional Hospital
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Obestetrician/Gynecologist |
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About North Fulton Regional Hospital
** About Us **
North Fulton Regional Hospital (NFRH) recently completed an expansion that took the facility from 167 to 202 beds. The acute-care hospital is located on Highway 9, Alpharetta Highway, in Roswell. Opened in 1983, NFRH serves North Fulton and surrounding counties through its team of over 1000 employees, 400 staff physicians and 200 volunteers. NFRH is a state-designated Level II trauma center and provides a continuum of services through its centers and programs, including neurosciences, orthopedics, rehabilitation, surgical services, bariatric surgical weight loss, gastroenterology and oncology. The hospital is fully accredited and also is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.
** General Facts **
167-bed acute care community hospital between Roswell and Alpharetta in North Fulton County. Established on a 47-acre tract in 1983, the hospital has been meeting the medical and health care needs of residents of North Fulton, Forsyth, East Cobb, East Cherokee and West Gwinnett counties for more than a decade. The hospital has a medical staff of more than 400 affiliated physicians, employs an additional 900 health care professionals and has an active volunteer staff of more than 200.
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History Of North Fulton Regional Hospital
Ideas for a full-service hospital serving those in the North Fulton area began in 1980 as local legislators, public officials and private citizens saw a need for medical care in the area. After two years of discussion, legal proceedings and preliminary planning meetings, final approval was passed down by the Georgia State Health Planning and Development Agency on January 6 of 1982 for the new hospital, then known as North Fulton Medical Center.
Construction began on October 4, 1982 on 38 acres of pasture land that was once occupied by a barn, surrounded by dirt, trees, and a two-lane country road. At that time, Highway 9 was not the major Alpharetta/Roswell throughway it is today.
The hospital’s first administrator, Martin Perlin, assumed his role in the late spring of 1982, before the hospital construction began. A leader with an eye for future growth, Perlin knew the preliminary plans for the hospital would need to include room for expansion as the community was likely to explode in the years to come.
In a May 27, 1982 article published in the North Fulton Extra, Perlin is quoted as saying, “Five years down the road it’s going to be too little. We’re building a base so it can be doubled (in capacity).” And noting the rapid growth in the North Fulton area, Perlin said, “North Fulton Medical Center is in the right place at the right time.”
Looking today at the Alpharetta/Roswell area where North Fulton Hospital (as it is now known) now sits, it would appear that Perlin was exactly right. Population growth in the North Fulton area is booming, fueled by the wide variety of corporations and businesses, the high-quality school system and the many family-friendly community and social outlets; and the growth does not seem to be slowing. So, North Fulton Hospital is responding.
In 1982, initial plans for the hospital included capacity for 175 beds, which allowed for future expansion. On November 6, 1983, the hospital officially opened its doors as a one-story, 108,734 square foot facility with a two story Atrium front to accommodate a second or third level when needed. At that time, North Fulton Medical Center provided 24-hour emergency services, obstetrical services and intensive and coronary care units. Outpatient services included ambulatory surgery, prenatal clinics, and laboratory and radiology services.
Today the hospital has grown to 202-beds housed inside an expanded facility. While Emergency Services remain a primary focus of the hospital, other such areas of specialty include Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Oncology, and General Surgery.
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