- Date
- 2004-01-28
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On January 28, 2004, the Beaver Island Rural Health Center admitted Dr. Phil and E. B. Lange as its first patients. Care provider Sue Solle examined them at the new facility.
Evidence limits
The humorous newspaper item documents the reported first-patient milestone, not a complete clinical record or independent opening-day log.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2004, “First Patient!”.Reports that Dr. Phil and E. B. Lange were admitted as the new Health Center's first patients on January 28, 2004, and that care provider Sue Solle examined them. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the first-patient report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center admits its first patients”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rural-health-center-first-patients-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2004, “First Patient!”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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