J Arthur Dosher Mem Hospital

Name :

J Arthur Dosher Mem Hospital

Address  :

924 N. Howe Street

Town  :

Southport

State  :

North Carolina

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

28461

Phone  :

910 457 3800

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Family Practice
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Podiatry
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 89

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray

Description

Dosher Memorial Hospital is a Critical Access community hospital with 25 staffed acute care inpatient beds and 64 licensed skilled nursing center beds Named after its chief surgeon Dr Julius Arthur Dosher the people of Smithville Township voted to pay a minimal hospital tax to ensure access to quality health care locally

Approximately one mile from Cape Fear the hospital is located in the coastal historic town of Southport NC in Brunswick County The hospital is overseen by a publiclyelected Board of Trustees and generously supported by a volunteer force of nearly 200 making Dosher Hospital unique in the state of North Carolina

The Year 2010 marks the hospitals 80th year of community health care
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