Coordinates: 39°9′14.1″N 77°3′16.9″W / 39.153917°N 77.054694°W / 39.153917; -77.054694

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center

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MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
MedStar Health
Geography
Location18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney, Maryland, United States
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Organization
TypeGeneral
Services
Beds115[1]
Links
Websitemedstarmontgomery.org
Lists[[List of hospitals in Maryland

|Hospitals in Maryland

]]


MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, formerly known as Montgomery General Hospital, is a large hospital located in Olney, Maryland. It is a member of the healthcare organization MedStar Health.

History[edit | edit source]

In 1909, Dr. Jacob Wheeler Bird established the first hospital in Montgomery County, Maryland. The hospital was officially opened in February 1920, admitting its first patients during a blizzard and the Spanish flu epidemic. Initially, the hospital had 28 beds and admitted 596 patients in its first year of operation.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Licensed Acute Care Hospital Beds Fiscal Year 2018" (PDF). mhcc.maryland.gov. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018.

External links[edit | edit source]



Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD