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Sentara Obici Hospital
About Sentara Obici Hospital
Sentara Obici Hospital, 138-bed state-of-the-art facility, is located on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk. Opened in April 2002, the new facility continues a 50-year tradition of providing residents of Suffolk and Western Tidewater with patient-centered care in an environment that focuses on healing. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care and offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient care and treatment services.
Hospital departments include medical, surgical, intensive care, physical rehabilitation, neurological, obstetrical, oncology, pediatric, and behavioral medicine departments. The hospital is also home to an array of sophisticated diagnostic services including a full range of diagnostic cardiac testing, a sleep disorders center, MRI, and other diagnostic services. Sentara Obici Hospital is one of a select group of facilities to offer digital mammography and is the only hospital in the region to offer women ImageChecker technology to read their mammograms. The Women's Center provides mothers and newborns with obstetrical, gynecological and newborn care in a warm and nurturing environment. The hospital's cancer center provides comprehensive services including radiation therapy. Sentara Obici Hospital also offers educational programs, supports groups and classes both in the hospital and in the community.
As a participating member of the Planetree network of healthcare providers, Sentara Obici Hospital is committed to offering a unique system of healthcare that emphasizes a holistic, patient-centered approach and to providing healthcare services that improve the quality of health in our community.
 Our History
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Our History
Since 1951, the residents of Suffolk and the surrounding communities have been heir to a legacy of health and hope through the generosity of one man, Amedeo Obici, the founder of Planter's Peanuts. When his wife, Louise, died in 1938, Obici, who was one of the nation's leading industrialists, he establish a lasting memorial - one that would pay a fitting tribute to the woman he loved and the place they both loved and called home, Suffolk, Virginia.
This memorial, The Obici Charitable Trust financed the building of the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. Construction on the original hospital on North Main Street began in the summer of 1949 and the hospital was dedicated on September 16, 1951.
Thanks in part to the continuing generosity of the Obici Trust, the new Obici Hospital was dedicated in 2002. Portraits of Amedeo and Louise, along with other items relating to the Obici family and their involvement in the Suffolk community, can be seen in the Heritage Hallway, a pictorial display of the hospital's history, located on the Garden Level of the new hospital.
Today, Louise Obici Memorial Hospital is proud to serve as the primary healthcare provider for the people of Suffolk and all of western Tidewater. Offering a unique system of healthcare that emphasizes a holistic, patient-centered approach, Sentara Obici Hospital continues to dedicate itself to the practice of healing.
Planetree
Providing good health care means offering a broad range of programs, services and educational opportunities so that patients have a full array of healthcare options. We've joined an elite group of healthcare providers who have adopted the Planetree model of patient centered care delivered in an environment designed to help foster compassion, education and healing in a holistic environment.
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Planetree - Creating Patient Centered Care in Healing Environments. Learn more at http://www.planetree.org/.
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