Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, formerly Kimball Medical Center and before that, Paul Kimball Hospital, is a hospital located in Lakewood, New Jersey, United States, that serves parts of northern Ocean County and southern Monmouth County.

The hospital opened on May 1, 1913, with 16 beds and 9 physicians, and was named after Dr. Paul Kimball, who had practiced over 20 years in Lakewood.

[1] Victims from the 1930s catastrophes of the Hindenburg Disaster and the SS Morro Castle were rescued and treated by staff from Paul Kimball Hospital.

By the 1960s, the hospital had new radiology, laboratory, emergency, and outpatient departments, as well as the addition of air conditioning.

The next major phase, in 1984, increased beds to 354, and the hospital was renamed Kimball Medical Center to reflect the scope of services.