Philadelphia Naval Regional Medical Center Is Badly Deteriorated and Unsafe

LCD-78-301 Published: Feb 17, 1978. Publicly Released: Feb 17, 1978.

Highlights

The Philadelphia Naval Regional Medical Center consists of a 42-year old, 13-story main hospital building, various outlying temporary single-story World War II structures, and 10 clinics at nearby shore activities. Because of age and inadequate maintenance, the main hospital and other structures at the Center have deteriorated.

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