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Sharon Regional Health System company history timeline

1893

On May 8, 1893, Sharon’s population was 7,000 when the Sharon and Sharpsville Charitable Hospital was incorporated.

1917

A home for the nurses was built in 1917 with funds from the estate of Peter L. Kimberly.

1942

George Wassell, flight surgeon and captain in the Army Air Forces who was killed in a 1942 airplane crash in England.

1943

During the four years preceding 1943, the hospital's 50th anniversary, $490,000 was spent to better equip the facility for increased demands from war workers, soldiers and their families.

1949

In 1949, the name, “Christian H. Buhl Hospital” was changed to “Sharon General Hospital”.

1949 - The hospital was renamed Shenango Valley General Hospital but the name was never formally adopted.

1968

An intensive/coronary care opened in 1968 and increased the hospital's bed capacity to 292.

1985

1985 - The modernization and expansion project was completed.

1988

To more accurately describe the hospital’s expansion in capabilities as well as geography, the board of directors renamed Sharon General Hospital to Sharon Regional Health System (SRHS) in 1988.

In 1988, the hospital added Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a 40-bed Skilled Care Center and renovated its 4th floor to relocate an expanded Behavioral Health Center.

1990

May 15, 1990 brought a new name from the board of directors: Sharon General Hospital became Sharon Regional Health System.

On May 15, 1990, Sharon General Hospital was renamed Sharon Regional Medical Center.

New programs opened in 1990 included a 19-bed Inpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, 12-bed Inpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Speech Therapy Department, Pain Management Program and expanded Occupational Therapy services.

1991

In 1991 Sharon Regional established its Heart Center that brought cardiac diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services into one newly remodeled facility on the 2nd floor of the hospital.

1999

The development of an $8 million Heart Institute at Sharon Regional was announced in 1999.

2000

Opened in the summer of 2000, The Heart and Vascular Institute brings open heart surgery capabilities along with angioplasty, stenting and a second cardiac catheterization lab to Sharon Regional.

2012

The Buhl Regional Health Foundation (BRHF) was formed in 2012.

2013

In 2013 the Sharon Regional board of directors completed a year-long process to determine if the best interests of the community would be served by Sharon Regional remaining independent or pursuing some type of strategic partnership.

2014

In 2014, the non-profit, SRHS was sold to Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) of Franklin, Tennessee.

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