General Hospital (location)

**General Hospital** is the primary hospital in Port Charles, New York. It is the employer for many Port Charles residents and is the hospital of choice for most residents for any health concern.

## Current Staff

* Doctors
* Nurses
* Other Personnel

### Doctors

* Dr. Monica Quartermaine, Chief Of Staff
* Dr. Terry Randolph Head of Oncology,oncologist
* Dr. Kevin Collins, Head of Psychiatry, psychiatrist
* Dr. Lucas Jones, trauma surgeon
* Dr. Ravi Singh, oncologist
* Dr. Ben Nelson, doctor
* Dr. Andy Lacey, senior ER resident
* Dr. Britt Westbourne, OB/GYN
* Dr.Patrick Drake, neurosurgeon
* Dr. Francine Massey, family counselor
* Dr. Kathleen Woo, surgeon
* Dr. Maria Fleming, neonatologist
* Dr. Lara Samuels, genetic specialist
* Dr. Linda Chu, OBGYN
* Dr. Russo, cardiologist
* Dr. Shoneberg, physician
* Dr. Rose, cardiologist
* Dr. Alex Marick, neurologist
* Dr. Davidson. physician
* Dr. Dempsey, surgeon
* Dr. Sofia Navarro OBGYN
* Dr. Steve Webber, pediatrician

### Nurses

* Epiphany Johnson, Head Nurse
* Elizabeth Webber, surgical nurse
* Bobbie Spencer surgical nurse
* Felix DuBois, nurse
* Sabrina Santiago, nurse
* Amy Driscoll, nurse
* Lisa Myers, nurse
* Deanna Sirtis, nurse
* Rob Kent, nurse
* Chanel Williams, nurse
* Clara Thomas, nurse
* Jessica, nurse
* Caty, nurse
* Julie, nurse
* Andrea, nurse

### Other Personnel

* Stefan Cassadine, CEO
* Laura Webber, Board member
* Nikolas Cassadine, Board member
* Tracy Quartermaine, Board member
* Michael Corinthos, Board member
* Jasper Jacks, Board member
* Tom Cole, Board member
* Mr. Erikson, Board member
* Brad Cooper, lab manager, phlebotomist
* Ellie Trout, phlebotomist
* Robert, security chief
* Liz Eslinger, social worker
* Aaron Huxley, Paramedic
* Roy, physical therapist

## Lists of Past Personnel

* Chiefs of Staff
* Asst. Chiefs of Staff
* Head Nurses
* Nurses
* Other Personnel

### Chiefs of Staff

* Dr. Steve Hardy (1963-1996)
* Dr. Alan Quartermaine (1996-1998)
* Dr. Monica Quartermaine (1998-1999)
* Dr. Alan Quartermaine (1999-2007)
* Dr. Russell Ford (2007-2008)
* Dr. Patrick Drake (2008; interim)
* Dr. Monica Quartermaine (2008-2009)
* Dr. Patrick Drake (2009; interim during Monica's tenure)
* Dr. Steve Webber (2009-2011)
* Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake (2011)

### Asst. Chiefs of Staff

* Dr. Buzz Stryker (1985-1987)
* Dr. Monica Quartermaine (1987-1988)
* Dr. Alan Quartermaine (1988-1990)
* Dr. Tom Hardy (1990-1991)
* Position eliminated (1991)

### Head Nurses

* Marge Brown (1963)
* Lucille March (1963-1976)
* Audrey Hardy (1976-2006)

### Doctors

* Dr. Rachel Adair (pediatrician)
* Dr. Tracy Adams (nephrologist)
* Dr. Andy Archer (anesthesiologist)
* Dr. Bob Ayres (intern)
* Dr. Gail Baldwin (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Tom Baldwin (cardiologist)
* Dr. Saira Batra (Holistic health specialist)
* Dr. Behar (cardiac surgeon)
* Dr. Phil Brewer (cardiologist)
* Dr. Ellen Burgess
* Dr. Ryan Chamberlain (pediatrician)
* Dr. Yank Se Chung
* Dr. Cohen
* Dr. Vivian Collins (OB/GYN)
* Dr. Mark Dante
* Dr. Gina Dante-Lansing (pediatrician)
* Dr. Harrison Davis (neurosurgeon)
* Dr. Derek (chief of plastic surgery)
* Dr. Ian Devlin (oncologist)
* Dr. Pierce Dorman (surgeon)
* Dr. Noah Drake (neurosurgeon)
* Dr. Fisher, trauma surgeon
* Dr. Russell Ford (surgeon, chief of staff)
* Dr. Irma Foster (head of psychiatry)
* Dr. Alec Freeman
* Dr. Simone Hardy (pediatrician)
* Dr. Steve Hardy (internist, chief of staff)
* Dr. Tom Hardy (psychiatrist, assistant chief of staff)
* Dr. Matt Harmon (intern)
* Dr. Travis Harmon (physical therapist)
* Dr. James Hobart
* Dr. Matt Hunter (neurosurgeon)
* Dr. Terrell Jackson (pediatric surgeon)
* Dr. Tony Jones (neurosurgeon)
* Dr. Kyle Julian (intern)
* Dr. Leo Julian (cardiac surgeon)
* Dr. Ewen Keenan (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Eve Lambert (physician)
* Dr. Gary Lansing
* Dr. Steven Lansing
* Dr. Kelly Lee (OB/GYN)
* Dr. Cameron Lewis (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Peter Lindsay
* Dr. Rachel Locke (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Ken Martin
* Dr. Jake Marshak (intern)
* Dr. Marucci (neurosurgeon)
* Dr. Julie Morris-Devlin (intern)
* Dr. Lisa Niles (orthopedic surgeon)
* Dr. Kevin O'Connor
* Dr. Patrick O'Connor
* Dr. Henry Pinkham
* Dr. Ken Potter, physical therapist
* Dr. John Prentice (OB/GYN)
* Dr. Alan Quartermaine (surgeon, general practitioner, assistant chief of staff, chief of staff)
* Dr. Emily Quartermaine (intern)
* Dr. Chris Ramsey (chief resident)
* Dr. Lak Rashi, senior ER resident
* Dr. Renaud (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Roberts]]
* Dr. Joe Scanlon (intern)
* Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake (neuropathologist, chief of staff)
* Dr. Shawn Shaw
* Dr. Claire Simpson (intern)
* Dr. Eric Simpson)
* Dr. Buzz Stryker (assistant chief of staff)
* Dr. Peter Taylor (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Asher Thomas (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Ian Thornhart
* Dr. Varahabhotla (OB/GYN)
* Dr. Maya Ward (intern)
* Dr. Jeff Webber (physician)
* Dr. Lesley Webber (cardiologist)
* Dr. Rick Webber (surgeon)
* Dr. Sarah Webber (intern)
* Dr. Steve Webber (chief of staff, pediatrician, surgeon)
* Dr. Britt Westbourne (co-chief of staff, OB/GYN)
* Dr. Karen Wexler (physician)
* Dr. Lainey Winters (psychiatrist)
* Dr. Maggie Wurth (pediatrician)

### Nurses

* Charlie Ahearn
* Sherri Anderson
* Melissa Bedford
* Meg Bentley
* Jessie Brewer (Head of student nurses)
* Mary Briggs
* Marge Brown (Head nurse)
* Sheila Cantillion
* Theresa Carter
* Francesca Cavallo
* Betsy Chilson
* Judy Clampett (student nurse)
* Jolene Crowell (student nurse)
* Nadine Crowell
* Jane Dawson
* Debbie
* Iris Fairchild
* Gabriela Garza
* Audrey Hardy (Head nurse)
* Karen
* Meg Lawson
* Anne Logan
* Lucille March (Head nurse)
* Beth Maynard
* Camellia McKay
* Augusta McLeod
* Leyla Mir
* Jane Morgan
* Penny
* Sharon Pinkham
* Georgia Price
* Grace Sullivan
* Diana Taylor
* Regina Thompson
* Amy Vining
* Dawn Winthrop (student nurse)

### Other Personnel

* Sage Alcazar (candy striper)
* Ruby Anderson (volunteer)
* Lee Baldwin (volunteer, addiction counselor, law counsel)
* Amanda Barrington (board member)
* Alison Barrington (volunteer)
* Florence Campbell (administrator)
* Nikolas Cassadine (CEO)
* Howie Dawson (administrator)
* Toussaint Dubois (orderly)
* Fred Gray (board member)
* Georgie Jones (candy striper)
* Maxie Jones (candy striper)
* Tania Jones (speech therapist)
* Cassius Kibideaux (orderly)
* William Longworth (Chairman of the Board)
* Miguel Morez (orderly)
* Natasha (physical therapist)
* Bryan Phillips (social worker)
* A.J. Quartermaine (orderly/trainer)
* Edward Quartermaine (board member)
* Carly Roberts (physical therapist)
* Dan Rooney (administrator)
* Rebecca Shaw (x-ray technician)
* Iris Sneed (administrator)
* Keesha Ward (worked in the Social Work Department)
* Al Weeks (custodian)

## Special locations

* *Tania Jones Memorial Daycare Center* - In 1987, Bobbie Spencer and Felicia Scorpio are given permission to fund a daycare center on the fourth floor, in honor of hit and run victim Tania Jones who came up with the idea shortly before her death.
* *Dominique Baldwin Pediatric A.I.D.S. Center* - After Dominique Baldwin's death in 1993, Scott Baldwin donates some of his inheritance money to assist in funding GH's Pediatric A.I.D.S. Unit in his late wife's name. Lucy Coe also presented the idea of a The Nurses' Ball to raise the much needed funds for the center.
* *Steve Hardy Memorial Library* - After Dr. Hardy's death in 1996, General Hospital dedicates a Memorial Library on the second floor in his honor.
* *Stone Cates Memorial A.I.D.S. Wing* - In 1996, Sonny Corinthos donates the money inherited to him from his late wife, to fund an entire AIDS wing in honor of his friend who died from the disease.
* *Sub-basement Laboratory* - In 2000, it was revealed Starvos Cassadine was being kept cryogenically frozen in a secret lab built thirty floors beneath General Hospital, thanks to the mastermind of Helena Cassadine. The laboratory (now abandoned) was said to be only accessible from an out of service elevator on the roof of the building.
* *Michael Corinthos III Pediatric Head Trauma Center* - In 2009, Carly Jacks funds the Michael Corinthos III Pediatric Head Trauma unit on the fourth floor, in honor of her son Michael who was put into a coma after being shot in the head.
* *Jessie Brewer Wing*
* *General Hospital Chapel* - A chapel in the hospital where relatives of patients go to pray, located on the first floor.

## Floors

According to the professional center directory, the hospital houses the following:

* *First Floor* - Main Entrance, Emergency Room, Medical Lounge, Patient Rooms, Administrative Offices, Meeting Rooms, Board Room, Cafeteria, Library, Gift Shop, Chapel, Records Room, Book Storage.
* *Second Floor* - Steve Hardy Memorial Library, Social Services , Patient Rooms, Patient Services, Patient Relations, Purchasing/Receiving, Public Safety Offices, Public Conference Rooms, Auxiliary Offices, Doctor's Offices, Nursing Supervisor, Medical Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Material Services, Chaplain.
* *Third Floor* - Orthopedics, Cardiac Pulmonary Rehab, CT Scan, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Rehabilitation Therapy, Neuro Diagnostic, Bio Med Lab.
* *Fourth Floor* - Tania Jones Memorial Daycare Center, Pediatrics, Labor and Delivery, Maternity/Nursery, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Patient Rooms, Employee Health Education, Human Resources, Social Services, Michael Corinthos III Pediatric Head Trauma Center.
* *Fifth Floor* - Urology, Pathology Lab, Environmental Services, Patient Rooms, Auxiliary Offices, Infectious Diseases.
* *Sixth Floor* - Patient Rooms, Central Nurses Station for the East Wing.
* *Seventh Floor* - Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization, Endoscopy, Pharmacy, Internal Medicine.
* *Eighth Floor* - Neurosurgery, Nuclear Medicine, Burn Injury Ward, Respiratory Therapy, Psychiatric Ward, Patient Rooms, Auxiliary Offices.
* *Ninth Floor* - Geriatrics and Physical Therapy
* *Tenth Floor* - Operating Rooms, Surgery, Pre-Op Admissions, Post-Op/Recovery Rooms, Intensive Care Units, Triage, Patient Rooms, Art Therapy Room, Auxiliary Offices, Laboratory, Memorial Wall.

## Endowments

An Endowment tree adorns one hospital wall honoring families who have donated to GH over the years including:

* The Cassadine Family Endowment
* The Edward and Lila Quartermaine family Foundation
* Sonny Corinthos Charitable Trust
* Jane and Jasper Jacks
* The Richard and Jennifer Maynes Trust
* Rice family
* Scorpio/Devane family Trust
* Spencer family Memorial Trust
* Webber family

## History

### Сrises

* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s

#### 1970s

* February 1979, Dr. Steve Hardy was forced to place General Hospital under quarantine due to an outbreak of a rare and mysterious disease known as Lassa Fever. Audrey Hardy, Gail Baldwin, Rick Webber, Jeff Webber, Alan and Monica Quartermaine were among the hospital staff, employees and even visitors who were quarantined within the walls of the hospital for weeks. After weeks of exhaustive work, Dr. Hardy fell ill with the potentially-fatal disease. Flushed and weak, he continued to treat the sick patients before passing out. A cure was eventually formulated using Dr. Hardy's notes and all parties afflicted by the disease were restored to health.

#### 1980s

* June 1983, Dr. Monica Quartermaine tries to persuade a distraught Vince Larrick to allow heart surgery for his critically ill wife, Gertrude, who has a heart ailment. Monica performs the surgery and does her best but the Larrick's waited too long as they did not listen to their doctors' advice in the past. Consequently Gertrude dies and her fanatic husband takes Monica, nurse Bobbie Spencer and Bryan Phillips hostage in the hospital cafeteria. In an attempt to grab the gun Brian is shot and Larrick agrees to have him released for surgery. Robert Scorpio later becomes a hostage when he tries to reason with Larrick but he too is shot after Luke Spencer botches a rescue attempt. Both Robert and Luke are eventually able to subdue Vince, when Luke rushes in on an operating gurney taking Larrick by surprise.

* May 1987, A DVX hit man named Roger Barrett holds several hostages in the cafeteria threatening to unleash the deadly MOX-36 virus which would wipe out the entire town. Among the hostages were Duke Lavery, Felicia Jones, Sean Donely, Steve Hardy, Audrey Hardy, Alan Quartermaine, Amy Vining and Bobbie Spencer. Ultimately the hit man is taken down by Sean, Frisco Jones and the PCPD but not before Bobbie is stabbed with a syringe filled with the virus. An antidote was found, but Bobbie became temporarily paralyzed from the waist down.

#### 1990s

* October 1990, The president of Santo Moro, Commargo, arrives at GH after being poisoned in an assassination attempt. It is revealed that the president's entourage lead by Rico Chacone and General Stark planned a mutiny to kill Commargo so Stark can take over the country. Stark has carbon monoxide switched with oxygen canisters for Commargo's surgery and just as Commargo is about to give Stark his swiss bank account number, he loses consciousness. As Commargo cannot die until he gets it, Stark blames the private nurse for the canister switch and takes the entire eighth floor hostage. Among the hostages were Alan Quartermaine, Monica Quartermaine, Tony Jones, Anna Devane, Amy Vining and Tom Hardy. When Commargo regains consciousness Alan and Monica try to warn him about Stark but they're discovered and Monica is shot in the leg as a result. Commargo is forced to surrender, however after Rico is killed by Carla Greco in self defense, General Stark and his men attempt to escape but are thwarted by the PCPD led by Robert Scorpio and Colton Shore.

* By October 1996, General Hospital was in a financial crisis, thanks to Stefan Cassadine, who masterminded its downfall as an excuse to stay in Port Charles. The stress of the crisis caused chief of staff Dr. Steve Hardy to have a fatal heart attack and after a massive lawsuit, GH was forced to close. This led the board at Mercy Hospital to plan a hostile takeover. However when Stefan stepped in with an influx of Cassadine money, General Hospital reopened with Stefan as the new CEO. Dr. Alan Quartermaine took over as chief of staff respectively. The Cassadine money was also used to renovate the hospital in early 1997.

* June 1997, Greg Cooper, a former applicant as an intern who was turned down by the hospital board takes interns Joe Scanlon, Eve Lambert, Matt Harmon, Julie Morris, Jake Marshak, Chris Ramsey and Karen Wexler hostage on the sixth floor. When nurse Audrey Hardy attempts to help the hostages she is severely injured when Greg knocks her unconscious with his gun. Audrey's life was later saved by emergency surgery from Joe who used a power drill to relieve the pressure in Audrey's head.

* June 1997, Stefan Cassadine manages to gets his hands on a Cassadine Faberge egg with a computer chip that would enable him to control the world's finances. Stefan's intention was to add to Nikolas Cassadines' vast inheritance by using the chip. With the help of Alexis Davis, in a trial run Stefan uses the chip to shut down the computers at General Hospital and the virus causes a total blackout. Dr. Tony Jones is forced to improvise on his surgery with Audrey, who was still healing from injuries inflicted by Greg Cooper. Simultaneously Dr. Pierce Dorman was murdered in the Hospital Morgue after being stabbed in the heart with a scalpel. Multiple members of the Quartermaine family became prime suspects however the killer was revealed to be a man known as "The Tin Man", who was one of Pierce's South American contacts. Tin Man had been hired by vengeful drug kingpin Hernando Rivera to take Dorman out.

* November 1998, the General Homicide killer detonates a bomb placed in the hospital elevator shaft trapping Lucy Coe, Mary Scanlon, Joe Scanlon, Karen Wexler, Dr. Ellen Burgess, Julie Morris-Devlin and Eve Lambert inside. GH is evacuated while Scott Baldwin, Kevin Collins and Victor Collins stay behind to search for loved ones. When a second bomb is discovered Scott successfully manages to disable it with help from Victor and the bomb squad. The killer was revealed to be Greg Cooper who brainwashed Julie into helping him.

#### 2000s

* February 2006, When Luke Spencer returned from the Markham Islands carrying a deadly mutant strain of encephalitis, the virus quickly spreads through out Port Charles forcing the hospital to be quarantined. Several fatalities occur which include Dr. Tony Jones, Courtney Matthews, and Danny McCall. After a month of quarantine, a cure was discovered and delivered to GH by Jason Morgan and Carly Corinthos.

* October 2007, Two rival street gangs bring their turf war into the hospital resulting in a deadly shootout in the Emergency Room. Dr. Leo Julian is injured and student nurse Jolene Crowell is left in a coma.

* January 2008, Months after the death of Dr. Alan Quartermaine, new chief of staff Dr. Russell Ford implements a new policy of sending patients without good insurance to the county hospital. When a man named Joe Smith and his pregnant wife arrive for treatment at GH and are turned away by Dr. Ford, Joe instead returns with a bomb strapped to him and takes the Emergency Room hostage, threatening to detonate unless his wife is given medical attention. Among some of the hostages were Sam McCall, Jason Morgan, Elizabeth Webber, Jake Spencer, Epiphany Johnson, Edward and Monica Quartermaine. The bomb turned out to be fake.

* July 2008, A drunk driver plows into the Emergency Room, injuring Dr. Robin Scorpio. The impact of the crash also leads to the death of Dr. Russell Ford. After Dr. Ford's death, Dr. Patrick Drake stepped in as chief of staff until Dr. Monica Quartermaine was chosen as a permanent replacement.

* October 2008, When a member of a white supremacy clan is found dead after being thrown out of GH by Dr. Patrick Drake, the clan retaliates by planting two bombs in the hospital parking lot. One explosion leaves Dr. Saira Batra and several patients injured, while Dr. Drake manages to disable the second bomb with help from Jagger Cates.

* In January 2009, A terrorist named Earl Bragg steals five spheres of bio toxin from a government owned truck, planning to kill millions. In an attempt to smuggle the spheres to their next destination Bragg swallows them but instead ends up at General Hospital for emergency surgery. During surgery Dr. Matt Hunter, accidentally cuts one of the spheres open, releasing the toxin into the hospital air vents. As a result GH is quarantined. Among the poisoned people were Matt Hunter, Elizabeth Webber and Monica Quartermaine. Claudia Zacchara, Kate Howard and Tracy Quartermaine were also infected while attending a fundraiser in the board room. The incident caused the deaths of Dr. Andy Archer and nurse Leyla Mir. Just a few hours later, an oxygen leak that occurred in the surgical suite lead to an explosion which set the hospital on fire. While GH is being evacuated Trevor Lansing attempts to escape with the remaining poison, however he is killed when he falls off the roof of the hospital during a struggle with Sam McCall. General Hospital is later remodeled, using money donated from the Quartermaine and Cassadine families and reopens after a three month vacancy.

* September 2009, A carnival comes to the GH parking lot as a charity for the Michael Corinthos Foundation. During this, a poisoned Edward Quartermaine suffers a massive heart attack, causing him to lose control of his car crashing it into the crowd and killing Andrea Floyd; who ironically was responsible for poisoning Edward herself. Among the other injured were Dante Falconeri, Max Giambetti, Kristina Corinthos-Davis, and Jake Spencer.

#### 2010s

* July 2010, Franco kidnaps newborn Aiden Cassadine the child of Elizabeth Webber and Lucky Spencer (although at the time, it was believed he was the son of Nikolas Cassadine) from the hospital nursery, causing the hospital to go into lock down. Later that same day, Warren Bauer shoots down Ethan Lovett and Mac Scorpio on the sixth floor. He then attempts to kill Kristina Corinthos-Davis and Michael Corinthos before being shot and killed by Mac.

* June 2011, GH once again goes into lock down when Dr. Lisa Niles takes Dr. Patrick Drake, Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake, Dr. Steve Webber, Damien Spinelli and Maxie Jones hostage in the hospital conference room. In an attempt to protect Maxie, Spinelli gets shot and Lisa ends up in a coma after she injects herself with a syringe filled with drain cleaner.

* February 2012, a chemical lab explosion on the tenth floor seemingly kills Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake, although she is later revealed to be alive and being held captive. It is subsequently revealed that the explosion was orchestrated by Dr. Ewen Keenan on the orders of Jerry Jacks, who in turn was working for Cesar Faison.

* June 2012, after Heather Webber and Todd Manning switched Tea Delgado's stillborn son with Sam McCall's son, Danny Morgan, Heather breaks out of Ferncliff Asylum and kidnaps the baby with the intent to raise him as her own. The baby required special medication so Heather snuck into GH with the child and planned to steal the medicine. After Heather assaulted Olivia Falconeri in the stairwell, Sam and Jason Morgan found her on the roof of the hospital holding the baby hostage. With the police closing in, Heather jumped and Jason snatched the baby just in time. Heather survived the fall from the roof but slipped into a coma, she was later recommitted to Ferncliff when she awoke.

1. ↑ Per 9/27/10, Patrick questions Karen about Dr. Lisa Niles actions recently, to try to find his wife Robin Scorpio-Drake, until Dr. Steve Webber asks her to check on a patient.