MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
# MedStar Montgomery Medical Center

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, formerly known as Montgomery General Hospital, is a large hospital in Olney, Maryland. The hospital is a member of MedStar Health.

## History

In 1909, Dr. Jacob Wheeler Bird arrived in Sandy Spring to begin a medical practice and set out to establish the only hospital in Montgomery County. In 1919, eight women, who met to roll bandages and sew for community organizations, turned their energies toward raising funds for the new hospital.

Founded by Dr. Bird, the hospital opened in February 1920. Still unfinished, Montgomery General Hospital admitted its first 5 patients during a blizzard and the Spanish flu epidemic. The original hospital had 28 beds and admitted 596 patients its first year.

