Highlands-Cashiers Hospital

Name :

Highlands-Cashiers Hospital

Address  :

190 Hospital Drive

Town  :

Highlands

State  :

North Carolina

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

28741

Phone  :

8285261200

Fax  :

8445447020

Web URL  :

Available

Description

Our hospital is a proud community health resource located on Highway 64 between Highlands and Cashiers We offer 247 emergency care acute inpatient and rehabilitative treatments as well as longterm care through our 80bed Eckerd Living Center

We offer information about our hospital so you can get to know who we are and how we take care of you and your family

History

After serving in Italy during World War II Dr William H Matthews returned to the beloved mountains of North Carolina where he had spent the summers of his youth Recognizing a need for a hospital in Highlands he quickly convinced community leaders to help him fulfill his vision Chartered in 1947 as a nonprofit organization the Highlands Community Hospital opened its doors on January 2 1952 This first facility was a small woodframed structure with wards that housed a total of eight acutecare beds It was located on a tract of land donated by the late Eva Cleveland at the intersection on what is now 5th and South Street in Highlands

In 1966 a major expansion and renovation tripled the number of hospital beds The hospital also got a new name to more accurately reflect the areas it served HighlandsCashiers Hospital

By 1974 the hospital was serving 400 patients a year with another 1400 visiting the emergency room By the late 1980s the hospital had outgrown its aging facilities and was at another crossroads

Beginning in 1988 the campaign for a new hospital rallied hundreds of supporters and raised more than 125 million over five years with cornerstone gifts from the Woodruff Oxford and Eckerd families The result was a new 24bed acute care facility 80bed skilled nursing facility and a new medical office building all located on a 40acre campus in Macon County

Since opening in March 1993 the new hospital began a period of unprecedented growth in the numbers of patients being served Additionally a new 20000squarefoot medical office building the Jane Woodruff Building opened in 1995 while another 52000squarefoot medical building the Jane Woodruff Clinic opened in the fall of 2004

Likewise our emergency department continued to see growth with a new leading edge emergency facility opening in 2017

Throughout our history what has never changed is our commitment to you The bedrock of our hospitals values is the ability to serve you more completely and compassionately As our community grows we intend to continue to grow with it expanding our facilities services and level of care all in the interest of ensuring that you and your family have the most positive healthcare experience possible