| ECU Health Medical Center | |
|---|---|
| ECU Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Greenville, Eastern, North Carolina, United States |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | General, Specialist, and Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University |
| Network | ECU Health |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 974 |
| Helipad | Yes (FAA LID: NC91) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1923 - Pitt Community Hospital 1934 - Pitt General Hospital 1949 - Pitt County Memorial Hospital 1998 - University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina - Pitt County Memorial Hospital 2012 - Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Health 2022 - ECU Health Medical Center, ECU Health |
| Links | |
| Website | https://locations.ecuhealth.org/greenville/ecu-health-medical-center.html |
| Lists | Hospitals in North Carolina |
ECU Health Medical Center (previously Pitt County Memorial Hospital and Vidant Medical Center) is a hospital located in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the primary teaching hospital for East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and is the flagship medical center for ECU Health. ECU Health is a Level 1 Trauma Center, one of 6 in the state of North Carolina. It is the only level I trauma center east of Raleigh, and thus is the hub of medical care for a broad and complicated rural region of over 2 million people. ECU Health Medical Center is the largest employer in Eastern North Carolina and 20th overall in the state.[1]
ECU Health Medical Center was licensed for 974 beds in fiscal year 2020. Of the 974 beds, 847 are general beds, 75 are rehab beds, and 52 are psychiatric beds. The hospital has 37 operating rooms: 26 rooms are Shared Inpatient/Ambulatory Surgery; four rooms are C-Section; three rooms are Other Inpatient; four rooms are Endoscopy.[2]
The facility was originally known as Pitt Community Hospital and was located near downtown Greenville. In 1934, it changed to Pitt General Hospital, and then again to Pitt County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) in 1949. The hospital moved to West Greenville in 1951, and then to its current location in 1977.
On August 17, 2011, it was announced PCMH would change its name to UHS Medical Center. The change failed to occur on the planned October 1, 2011.[3] The UHS brand was taken, so the hospital system instead finally changed its name to Vidant Medical Center.[4] At the time, Vidant Health claimed that Vidant is derived from the root "Vi" that is associated with "life" in Latin, and in fact "Vida" literally means "life" in Spanish.
On January 3, 2022, Vidant Health Announced that it would be rebranding as ECU Health, but it would take several months for the changes to become noticeable.[5]
- ^ "Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Largest Employers". Laber Market Information Division. Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Hospitals Licensed by the State of North Carolina" (PDF). NC Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Pitt County Memorial Hospital set to change name". The Associated Press. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "UHS now known as Vidant Health". WNCT. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ Team, WITN Web. "Vidant Health to rebrand as ECU Health this spring". witn.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.