Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, is a major academic and referral medical center with Level I adult trauma and Level II pediatric trauma status. It opened in January 1955.History
The hospital was built on the site of what was once the Sharp family farm. Groundbreaking was on June 19, 1953. The hospital opened with 238 beds on January 24, 1955.
In 1997, six days after winning the Stanley Cup, two Detroit Red Wings players, the team massage therapist, and their driver were taken to Beaumont Hospital when their limousine crashed into a tree. Slave Fetisov suffered chest injuries as well as a bruised lung, but made a full recovery. Team massage therapist Sergei Mnatsakanov was not expected to survive, but did, although he was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Vladimir Konstantinov also suffered severe injuries and was placed on a ventilator. He was released from Beaumont five months later.
