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
- Steven Webber, Chief of staff, trauma surgeon, pediatrician
- Patrick Drake, Neurosurgeon
- Matt Hunter, Neurosurgeon
- Terrell Jackson, Pediatric surgeon
- Kelly Lee, Obstetrician, gynecologist
- Monica Quartermaine, Cardiologist
- Robin Scorpio-Drake, Neuropathologist
- Lainey Winters, Psychiatrist
Nurses
- Epiphany Johnson, Head nurse
- Bobbie Spencer, Supervisor of nursing, surgical nurse
- Audrey Hardy, Head of student nursing
- Elizabeth Webber, Surgical nurse
Other personnel
- Nikolas Cassadine, CEO
- Jasper Jacks, Member of the Board of Directors
- Tracy Quartermaine-Spencer, Board member
Special wings
- Stone Cates Memorial AIDS Wing
- Michael Corinthos III Pediatric Head Trauma Wing
History
Сrises
- 1979, An epidemic of Lassa Fever strikes Port Charles. General Hospital is quarantined for several weeks until a cure is found, bringing Dr. Steve Hardy to prominence.
- June 1983, The hospital is taken hostage.
- 1987, A DVX hitman holds several staffers hostage in the cafeteria, threatening to unleash the MOX-36 virus. Bobbie Spencer is stabbed with a syringe filled with the virus, and is paralyzed from the waist down. She later recovers.
- February 2006, A deadly mutant strain of encephalitis has the hospital quarantined for a month, leading to several fatalities. Those that succumb to the virus include Tony Jones, Courtney Matthews, and Danny McCall.
- January 2008, A man named Joe Smith straps a bomb to himself, threatening to blow up the ER unless his wife is given medical attention for her pregnancy. The Smiths had been turned away hours earlier after being told the hospital did not accept their insurance.
- January 2009, A man releases five spheres of biotoxin that he swallowed into the air while having an emergency surgery performed. The hospital is quarantined, and after an oxygen leak in a surgical suite, an explosion tears through the hospital, leading to a subsequent fire and collapse. The outbreak causes the deaths of Andy Archer, Leyla Mir, and Trevor Lansing. The hospital is remodeled, and reopened four months later.