HR 236 Summary

• Congratulates DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa on celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2013.

• Hospital originally opened March 28, 1923, as Druid City Hospital on University Boulevard serving 50 patients.

• New 240-bed facility opened December 1952 with four major operating rooms and the state's first surgical recovery room; 1976 expansion made it the state's third largest hospital.

• Hospital serves a seven-county regional area with more than 220,000 people and includes specialty units for intensive care, open-heart surgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, and cancer treatment.

• In 2012, the hospital admitted over 23,000 patients and delivered 1,723 babies.