Dosher Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, community hospital located in Southport, North Carolina. A non-profit hospital, or not-for-profit hospital is a Hospital which is organized as a Non-profit corporation. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for Southport is a city in Brunswick County North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The hospital serves the township of Smithville (Southport, Bald Head Island, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, and The Players Club at St. James) and surrounding communities of Brunswick County. Bald Head Island is an island and village located on the east side of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA Caswell Beach is a Town located on the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County North Carolina, and is adjacent Oak Island North Carolina is a Town located mostly on Oak Island (which also contains the town of Caswell Beach and the St James is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Brunswick County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. Opened on June 2, 1930 as Brunswick County Hospital, the hospital changed its name in 1939 to J. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Dosher Memoral Hospital to honor its chief surgeon, Dr. Julius Arthur Dosher.
Established as a township owned hospital under Article 2 of the NC General § 131-4, Dosher Memorial Hospital is overseen by a publicly elected Board of Trustees. The hospital is licensed for 36 acute and 64 skilled nursing beds, and focuses on outpatient surgeries and procedures. Dosher Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Joint Commission is a private sector United States -based non-profit organization.
Hospital tax
In 1976, Smithville Township voted 1,866 For and 344 Against to create a hospital tax district and to levy a 30-year tax of 4¢ per $100 assessed property valuation. This maneuver was intended to protect the hospital from hostile decisions by the county to close Dosher and build a new hospital in Supply, North Carolina. Supply is a small Unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA located around the intersection of US 17 (Ocean The election was challenged by opponents of the hospital but was allowed to stand by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state's highest Appellate court.
In July 1978, it was revealed that another election had to be held in order to make changes in the bond issue. The people of Smithville Township were asked to vote once more and passed a new $3. 2 million bond issue with 1,790 in favor and 79 opposed.
The hospital tax expired in 2000 and the community was asked to renew the tax of 4¢ per $100 valuation for capital improvements, renovation, and new construction. Again, the community voted in favor of the tax.
Dr. Julius Arthur Dosher
On April 30, 1878, Julius Arthur Dosher was born to Mary Ann Pinner and Julius Dosher of Southport, NC. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dr. Dosher graduated from the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1900 and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1903. He returned home from college to set up a medical practice. Later that year, he married Grace Kennard. They had one daughter, Little Grace.
In 1919 Dr. Dosher was named Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States Public Health Service and served in Southport at the Quarantine Station, a position he held until he retired in 1937. Organization of the Public Health Service The Public Health Service Act placed the United States Public Health Service ( PHS) as the primary division Located on pilings in the Cape Fear on the shore of Bay Street across from the Brunswick Inn, the Quarantine Station was a shelter used for screening sailors aboard incoming ships. Dr. Dosher and his nurse treated sick sailors and disinfected the men and their vessels.
In 1936 Dr. Dosher was elected to the American College of Physicians and Surgeons, an honor comparable to the Distinguished Service Cross in the Army. The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme
On January 10, 1939 Dr. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dosher died at the age of 60 from complications related to pulmonary tuberculosis that he acquired in 1937.
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