Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center dates back to May 29, 1919, when a charter for a new hospital on the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Sanders was granted.

The hospital officially opened in 1920, admitting its first patients on February 23.

[1][2][3][4] In 2018, the hospital began a $115 million expansion of the emergency room and critical care unit.

The new emergency department was opened in March 2020, and the extension was completed in 2021.

[6] The hospital also houses the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, a 22-bed rehabilitation hospital, as well as a transitional care unit skilled nursing facility.