Claim: Caldwell Memorial Hospital is a member of UNC Health Care system and is a private, not-for-profit community hospital which welcomed its first patient on January first 1951 with its first 17 medical staff in its history.
Evidence: In 2016, the hospital joined the UNC Health Care system. Caldwell Memorial Hospital is a private, not-for-profit community hospital located in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. Construction began in 1949 and on January 1, 1951 the hospital had its first patient. The hospital's medical staff started with 17 members.