Atlantic Medical Center-Daytona was a hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It was demolished in 2013.
History
In 1974, Humana had Daytona Community Hospital built.[2] In 1984, it was rebranded as Humana Hospital-Daytona Beach.[2]
In late July 1992, Champion Healthcare Corp. from Houston started the process to purchase Humana Hospital-Daytona Beach, Humana Hospital-Pasco and Human Hospital-Sebastian from Humana,[3] but by early November they changed their mind about purchasing them.[4]
On March 1, 1993, Humana spun off its hospitals creating the hospital network Galen Health Care.[5] Then Humana Hospital-Daytona Beach was renamed Daytona Medical Center.[2] On September 1, 1993, Columbia Hospital Corporation purchased Galen Health Care for $3.5 billion. After the merger the hospital network changed its name to Columbia Healthcare Corporation.[5][6]
In 1996, Daytona Medical Center was renamed Columbia Medical Center-Daytona.[2] In 1998, Columbia Medical Center-Daytona was renamed Atlantic Medical Center-Daytona.[2]
In 2012, Halifax Health had put Atlantic Medical Center-Daytona up for sale at $5 million, but it could not find a buyer for the four-story hospital.[9] In early May, the hospital network had decided to have the hospital demolished.[9] The reasons why they wanted to demolish Atlantic Medical Center-Daytona, was because the hospital was very outdated, and that it would cost $13.5 million to renovate the interior and fix the exterior.[9] In late May 2013, construction workers began demolishing the 120,000-square-foot Atlantic Medical Center-Daytona. The city rezoned the 93 acres for other uses.[10]
