Tennessee
Baptist Hospital: The rise and fall of a Knoxville health care empire
The hospital sat on the south bank of the Tennessee River, where it served patients for six decades.
When Knoxville's East Tennessee Baptist Hospital was first proposed in 1943, the city was in dire need of more hospital beds. Higher than anticipated costs made fundraising a challenge.
It turned out financial challenges didn't just define the hospit... [5275 chars]