Celebrating 50 Years of Care and Commitment: Hilton Head Medical Center

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Written by Page Leggett.

In 1975, America caught disco fever, and Roy Scheider (Chief Brody in “Jaws”) ad-libbed one of the greatest lines in cinematic history: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” The Vietnam War ended and a Harvard dropout named Bill Gates co-founded a little company that would grow into a global giant. 

But that August, the biggest news on Hilton Head Island was that residents finally had a medical center: When Hilton Head Hospital opened Aug. 8, the island’s 6,500 residents no longer had to leave town for hospital care. 

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