Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick closes in Stuart
2017
Stuart
The Stuart hospital that opened in 1962 and later became Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick closed in 2017, after the company operating it filed for bankruptcy in 2016.
A new community hospital opened in Stuart in 1962 and was later known as the R.J. Reynolds-Patrick County Memorial Hospital and then as Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick. Its operator filed for bankruptcy in 2016, and The Enterprise's year-in-review reports the hospital closed in September 2017. A January 2026 Cardinal News report also said the county had been without a hospital since 2017. The building sat vacant until Braden Health reopened it in January 2026.