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CELEBRATE OUR PAST. KNOW US NOW.

Right: Helen Marsellas prepares to
take an X-ray of a patient’s arm in 1962.
She took special training so that she
would be able to do this work. Courtesy
of Calvert County Historical Society

Far Right: The first blood delivery
made by the Red Cross in Washington,
D.C. to Calvert Hospital. Courtesy of
Helen Marsellas

Below Right: Visitors tour Calvert
County Hospital’s operating room during
the new facility’s open house in 1953.
File Photo

Bottom: Spurred by the county’s
growth, CMH added two more floors
in 1984 and a Behavioral Health
Unit, creating the first day-treatment
program for adolescents in the
tri-county area. File Photo

Special Thanks
to the Calvert County
Historical Society and the
Calvert Library for their
invaluable assistance and to
the individuals interviewed
who shared their personal
stories and photos with us.

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