Moore County Hospital District history

1964 – The Clement R. Monroe Wing is dedicated in honor of the doctor who had done so much to found and build the once small hospital into a major medical care center.

In June of 1969, legislation was passed which allowed Memorial Hospital to expand into a Hospital District, and Moore County Hospital District was born.

1975 – The Moore Regional Hospital Foundation is created as a fund development arm of the hospital.

1979 - Hal Stevens sets out to broaden the MRH Foundation’s base of philanthropic support (which at the time rested on the generosity of a fairly small number of prominent families) with the creation of the Scroll Society.

1980 – The Clement R. Monroe Club is established as the first of several annual giving programs established as the principal source of “current-use” gifts from patients and friends.

1984 – A freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Center opens on Page Road.

1987 – Doctor David Cowherd, an interventional cardiologist, performs the first cardiac catheterization at MRH.

1989 – MRH Auxiliary donations to the hospital over the years reach $1 million.

1995 – MRH gets a new first name – FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital (FMRH). With the merger of Moore Regional and Montgomery Memorial hospitals, FirstHealth of the Carolinas is created.

1997 – The Foundation of FirstHealth leads the “In Love and Service” capital campaign to raise more than $10.8 million for the largest expansion project in the hospital’s history.

1999 – The Outpatient/Admitting entrance on Page Road opens.

2001- FirstHealth Montgomery Foundation established

2007 – FirstHealth and Pinehurst Medical work together to create the Outpatient Hematology and Medical Oncology Center located on Page Road.

Article about the joys of nursing.Hawkins, O.W. (2008). Pickford Sanitarium and R.C,.Lawson Institute: two former institutions of Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Provides information about the Pickford Sanitarium on page 68.Pickford Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Adrienne Dunn (2010) on the North Carolina History Project.The Pickford Sanitarium.

2011 – The Reid Heart Center opens at FMRH, offering next generation heart and vascular care.

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2013 – The inaugural class of the FirstHealth Physician Leadership Program is underway, beginning the journey of leadership development for physicians within the FirstHealth system.