Celebrating Foley’s First Hospital and Its Babies

Foley, Ala. – (OBA) – Nearly 90 years after Baldwin County’s first hospital opened, the Holmes Medical Museum is honoring the hundreds of children born there.

The celebration will take place on Sunday, April 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the museum, located in downtown Foley.

From 1936 to 1958, around 200 babies were delivered at the hospital run by Dr. William C. “Buddy” Holmes and his wife, Philomene, a nurse. The hospital was on the second floor of the building at the southwest corner of what is now the intersection of Alabama 59 and U.S. 98…

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