Rowan Regional Medical Center

Name :

Rowan Regional Medical Center

Address  :

612 Mocksville Avenue

Town  :

Salisbury

State  :

North Carolina

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

28144

Phone  :

704 210 5000

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Neurologist
  • Orthopedics
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 268


Description

Rowan Regional Medical Center is a 268bed hospital in Salisbury NC The hospital offers 24hour emergency services a maternity center surgical services including orthopaedics cancer care cardiology rehabilitation and other specialty care such as hospice behavioral health and neurology


History

Rowan County was first settled by ScotchIrish who moved from Pennsylvania down the quotGreat Wagon Roadquot into North Carolina Germans migrated to Pennsylvania in the 1740s and 20 years later followed their ScotchIrish neighbors to Rowan County

As the upper region of Anson County became settled the Colonial Assembly established the County of Rowan and the Parish of Saint Luke on April 12 1753

At that time Rowan County included all the territory north to Virginia east to what is today Guilford County NC and west to the mountains Twentysix counties later were formed from Rowan which is named for Matthew Rowan acting governor of the colony in 1753
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