Riverside Regional Medical Center With 576 beds, Riverside Regional Medical Center is Peninsula's finest and most comprehensive medical center offering state-of-the-art technology combined with the most caring environment possible. Riverside, which began serving the Peninsula in 1916, is located on a beautiful 56- acre tract in central Newport News. The hospital moved to this site in 1963 and has evolved into the primary center for medical care and education for the area's 400,000 citizens. Over the years, Riverside has led the way in technology and diagnostics and in assembling a dedicated, talented and caring

Bon Secours Health System The hospital which became Mary Immaculate Hospital was originally built at the turn of the century by Dr. Joseph Buxton in the eastern part of Newport News. Dr. Buxton's son, Russell Buxton, who wanted to dedicate himself to his surgical practice, was persuaded by Bishop Ireton to turn over the hospital to the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters. The Bernardine Sisters, Third Order of St. Francis, had established their mission in Pennsylvania after coming from Poland in 1894. They assumed sponsorship of the hospital in 1952 and renamed it Mary Immaculate Hospital. In the late 1970s, the Sisters began making plans to relocate the hospital to an area where more healthcare services were needed. By the early 1980s, the hospital opened its present campus in the Denbigh area of Newport News. On November 1, 1996, through a joint venture arrangement, Mary Immaculate Hospital became a member of the Bon Secours Health System.