The East Wing was added in 1960 for $1.7 million, funded by the Hill-Burton Act, bringing the total number of beds to 160.

IN 1959, the Hill-Burton Act helped combine Edgecombe General Hospital, with three other facilities.

These amendments made it possible for less-wealthy communities to benefit from the Hill-Burton Act of 1946.

From the late 1920s through the 1940s, the Commonwealth Fund supported the construction of rural hospitals, paving the way for the Hill-Burton Act in 1946.

In 1948, the hospital was the first to use the Hill-Burton Act for construction.

In 1946 the Hill-Burton Act was passed, which provided federal funding for hospitals in exchange for treating poor patients.

During this period the Hill-Burton Acts was also passed which was a program that funded mental health hospitals.

People who are uninsured and need hospital care may be able to get help from a program known as the Hill-Burton Act.

It also extended and strengthened the 1946 Hill-Burton Act.

The Hill-Burton Act of 1946 provided the stimulus to construct a new hospital.