Reprinted from The Right Way Magazine, Volume 51, No. 5
Although no longer a part of Central’s holdings, the railway’s hospital is an important milestone in its history. Built in an era when a private hospital was the accepted method of railroads to provide all employees with hospital benefits, the 80-bed hospital was opened July 1, 1927.
The institution, located in Savannah, was presented to Warren A. Candler Hospital, Inc., as a gift by Central, on Oct. 1, 1963. It became a part of the Candler Hospital, Inc. system on that date and is now known as Candler-Central Hospital.
More than 77,752 patients were treated at the hospital during its 36 years of existence under Central’s ownership.