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The University of Virginia Health System in 2001.
- Today’s University of Virginia Hospital
The three-tiered facade of the University of Virginia Hospital dominates the frame in this recent aerial photograph. Juxtaposed to the right is the old Multi-story Hospital. These two buildings are the principal architectural components of a system now comprised of more than thirty-five structures, grown from the single building which a group of far-sighted medical faculty members established in the first year of the last century. And the latest complement of research buildings and support facilities are under construction.
Of course as the name implies, the University of Virginia Health System is far more than a mosaic of buildings and sophisticated machinery. The Health System is most importantly a complex organization of individuals linked together for the very humane purposes of medical care: the alleviation of suffering and the conquest of disease. Initiated a century ago, this legacy of care provides an ample and sturdy framework for a brilliant future.