Our story began 100 years ago, in a time before penicillin, when people still relied on “cure-all” elixirs to treat many common ailments, and the only facility for emergency care on the Suncoast was a 5-room, converted bungalow and tent for tuberculosis patients.
Sarasota was a small but inspired town poised for growth as flocks of Northerners fled the snow, slush and sleet to establish seasonal homes on the Suncoast.
It was in this diverging state of affairs that Sarasota’s early leaders found purpose. Rallying residents and businesses alike — through sheer grit and a whole lot of fundraising — they raised the $40,000 needed to build the community’s first modern hospital…