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== Parrish Medical Center (PMC) == Parrish Medical Center is a 210-bed, not-for-profit public medical center serving Florida's Space Coast for 50 years. Located at 951 N. Washington Avenue in Titusville, Parrish Medical Center is Brevard's only Spirit of Women network hospital. It has also been recognized as Modern Healthcare magazine's Spirit of Excellence for Service award winner, Starizon & Healthcare Design magazine's Discovery Award winner for exceptional patient experience, and has earned more disease-specific Gold Seals of Approval for quality and excellence from the Joint Commission than any other hospital in Central Florida. Parrish Medical Center has been named America's No. 1 Healing Hospital for three straight years by the Baptist Healing Trust in Nashville, Tenn.

50 Years of Serving North Brevard

Parrish Medical Center marks 50 years of service to North Brevard in 2008. Founded in 1958, North Brevard Hospital was a single-story, 28-bed facility set within an orange grove on the banks of the Indian River. That same year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) began operations at Cape Canaveral.
   North Brevard’s hospital growth kept pace with the flourishing space industry in the 50s and 60s. Titusville’s population alone tripled from 2,220 in 1940 to 6,410 in 1960, as did its tourism. Thousands of people began visiting the area to witness the launches. The rapid population growth created increased demands for essential services like health care.
   In response to the unprecedented growth, the hospital initiated its plans for a major multistory expansion in 1961, starting with changing its name from North Brevard Hospital to Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital, in honor of the Parrish family who made a major land donation. Also after 1961, the NASA program grew in importance when President John F. Kennedy announced plans to place a man on the moon before the end of the decade. In 1963, the federal government acquired land on Merritt Island, where they developed the 52-story Vertical Assembly Building and the launch complex.
   The following year, 1964, the hospital broke ground on its first major expansion, to include a seven-story, 96-bed patient tower. The seven-story patient tower was completed in 1966.
   By 1981 the hospital needed to expand again, increasing the total number of licensed beds to 210. In 1990, the hospital changed its name from Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital to Parrish Medical Center. As the community continued to grow and change, so did the medical center.
   In 1991 the medical center expanded its emergency department, and by the late 90s it was evident the existing facility couldn't continue to meet the community’s needs. Planning began for a replacement hospital. Construction on the $80 million, 371,000 square-foot replacement hospital began in 2000. Just two years later, in 2002, Parrish Medical Center opened one of the nation’s first evidence-based healing hospitals. Today, hospital executives from around the world visit Parrish Medical Center to learn how to create healing hospitals in their communities.
   Parrish Medical Center turns 50 in 2008, yet we show no signs of slowing down. Vibrant with vision, the medical center continues to leave its mark on the healthcare industry as a whole. The PMC vision is Healing Families - Healing Communities.

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