Remember Escambia General Hospital? Ever go there?

1948 -- Escambia General Hospital opens, becomes University Hospital.

1951 -- Baptist Hospital opens.

Went once about 30 years ago. Got some stitches after an accident. I got very good service there. I was surprised.

Wasn't that the one that was located on Leonard St next to the Sheriff's Dept intake center?

I wasn't here then...but my MIL worked at the old University Hospital. I went to lunch with her...also was a patient there once. It was a shame when they closed it...or that they apparently couldn't keep it going as a walk-in clinic.

without telling my age haha..I was born there..It was..lets just say the sixties. Can't remember for sure,but think it was university hospital then..

It's my understanding that it's now the annex for the jail.

Mr Ichi wrote:I used to work for the  ECSO so I used to eat over there a lot.  They had surprisingly  good food.  I had a few stitches and some other procedures done there.  Back in the day I seem to remember that had some "Foreign" Doctors.  Maybe 1948-50 it was on Lenord between Auto Zone and where the Old Sheriffs off is now.  It was like a  old Military style hospital, made of wood with large covered walkways connecting the buildings. I remember it because that is where I had my Tonsils removed.  Long since been torn down.

I remember the old wooden buildings. They were used as outpatient clinics after the " new" hospital was built. The hospital sponsered the Pensacola Education Program. Many of our physician specialist trained there.