History of Chester Regional Medical Center
Health Management Associates, Inc. of Naples, Florida, began leasing The Chester County Hospital and renamed it Chester Regional Medical Center on October 1, 2004. This hospital has been serving the medical needs of Chester County with caring staff and up-to-date facilities and equipment since 1952.
The Chester County Hospital was formally opened September 14, 1952 and replaced the Pryor Hospital. This structure, located 2 miles south of Chester on Route 97 opened with 74 beds. Now the facility site consists of 82 beds acute care hospital and 100 nursing home beds, four medical office buildings and four ancillary buildings clustered on land contiguous to the facility. The site is accessible via Interstate 77, which connects to Highway Nos. 9, 97 and 321, major regional transportation arteries.
HISTORY OF THE FACILITIES ON CAMPUS
- 1952 – Chester County Hospital opened
- 1952 – Medical Office Building No. 2 opened as a nurse residence
- 1965 – Addition to South Wing
- 1967 – East Wing addition (presently Gaston Wing, 38 Long Term Care Beds)
- 1968 – 62 Bed Long Term Care facility. (Nursing Center)
- 1977 – Maintenance Building constructed
- 1978 – Emergency Department addition
- 1980 – Storage Building and Shed constructed adjacent to maintenance building
- 1986 – Boiler / Resource Center Building constructed
- 1986 – Medical Office Building No. 1
- 1988 – Hospital Business Office addition
- 1990 – Cat-Scan addition
- 1991 – Operating Room addition.
- 1991 – Medical Office Building No. 3
- 1992 – Day Hospital addition
- 1997 – Physical Therapy/Rehab addition
- 1999 – Medical Office Building No. 4