History
Before the founding of the hospital, the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod formed in 1916 to establish a single nurse in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Until the founding of the hospital, injured fisherman would be sent by train to Boston for treatment. Local businessmen initiated an effort to establish an area hospital. The hospital was founded in 1920.
From the mid-1940s, until 1971, the hospital was home to the Cape Cod Hospital School of Nursing, which trained local nurses.
Falmouth Hospital was founded in 1963 to serve the upper cape and in 1996 that merged with Cape Cod Hospital and the Visiting Nurse Association to form the unified Cape Cod Healthcare organization, currently the parent company for Cape Cod Hospital.
The hospital was led by James Lyons from 1981 through its merger. He then served as the Cape Cod Healthcare CEO until 1998. Between 1998 and 2008, Steven Abbott served as CEO of the unified Cape Cod Healthcare. Beginning on July 10, 2008, Dr. Richard F. Salluzzo — former CEO of Wellmont Health System in Kingsport, Tennessee — replaced Abbott.
Given that it is located in Hyannis, Massachusetts- the location of the Kennedy estate compound- it is known for being the hospital where Senator Edward M. Kennedy was initially treated for the seizure which led to his brain tumor diagnosis in 2008 and where Eunice Kennedy Shriver died in August 2009.
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