THE LINCOLN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER Chukwudumebi Omenyi AAS 3500 Final Presentation

LINCOLN HOSPITAL - DURHAM, NC  Washington Duke of the Duke family  Monument  Hospital  Dr. Aaron Moore, first Black physician in the city of Durham;  Intended to serve the descendants of slaves and family of the Duke worker  Opened doors in August 1901

NEW FACILITY  James B. Duke and Ben Duke offered to match $75,0000 of contributions, 1922  John Spurunt Hill and George Watts  Second Location – 1301 Fayetsville St, 4 acres  Opened in 1925, 86 beds  Nurses Home – various facilities

ADVANCEMENTS  Dr. Charles Shepard  American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons  Bi-Racial Organization

LINCOLN HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING  Founded in 1903, Incorporated in 1905  Julia Latta, first director of nursing  Curriculum  Tuition  Trained a total of 617 nurses before closing in 1971

DURHAM COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION  Merger of Lincoln and Watts Hospitals  Opened 1976  Renamed Durham Regional Hospital in 1990s.

LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER  Opened in 1971  Office of Economic Opportunity  Primary Health care to citizens of Durham, NC