When Yellow Fever ravaged Norfolk in 1855, there was no civilian or public hospital. Ann Behan Herron, who died in the epidemic, donated her home on the corner of Church and Wood Sts. to the Sisters of Charity who started St. Vincent’s Hospital. In 1944, the hospital was renamed DePaul and moved to its current location. It is the oldest Catholic public hospital in Virginia. In 1888, the Retreat for the Sick opened Downtown. The 1890s saw rapid growth. First, they opened Norfolk’s first nursing school in 1892, moved in 1896, and renamed themselves Norfolk Protestant Hospital in 1898. In the 1930s, it was renamed again to Norfolk General. Now part of the Sentara network and EVMS complex, Norfolk General saw the birth of America’s first in-vitro baby, as well as, the area’s first heart transplant.
What hospital opened the first nursing hospital in Norfolk?
a) The Retreat for the Sick N 36 51.850 W 076 18.110
b) Sentara Norfolk General N 36 51.835 W 076 17.930