Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the hospital center and muttered under his breath, ‘This place is creepy even at nine o’clock.’ Since then, some say patients have reported seeing an old man in a white coat wandering the halls after hours. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the hospital center and muttered under his breath, ‘This place is creepy even at nine o’clock.’ Since then, some say patients have reported seeing an old man in a white coat wandering the halls after hours. One day, a young intern asked an elderly gentleman for directions, only to hear him reply with a twinkle in his eye, ‘Young’un, I’ve been here longer than you’ve been alive!’ Turns out it was just an enthusiastic volunteer who loved sharing hospital lore.

2. Late one night, an exhausted nurse shuffled down the hallway, her footsteps echoing eerily in the quiet building. Suddenly, over the intercom, came a voice: 'Attention all staff—your lunch break is now officially extended until further notice.' Confused and amused, the nurse looked around, noticing that everyone else was still asleep or absent. A few minutes later, another voice crackled through: ‘And please, no overtime today.’ The next morning, when asked about it, Dr. Smith simply shrugged and said, “Must’ve been a glitch.”

3. In the quiet hours before dawn, a sleep-deprived doctor muttered to himself as he scribbled notes in the dimly lit hallway. ‘Why does every patient here insist on calling me Dr. Wonderful?’ Suddenly, his pager buzzed with an urgent message. Grabbing his stethoscope, he rushed down the corridor and found a worried neighbor standing outside room 309. ‘Dr. Wonderful,’ she pleaded, ‘can you please come check on my cat?’ The doctor smiled, realizing that some patients really did call him that—just not the ones he expected.

4. In the middle of a routine morning, a voice crackled over the Virginia Hospital Center’s intercom: ‘Attention all staff—your lunch will be served directly in your offices today.’ Everyone froze for a moment before bursting into laughter. Nurses and doctors rushed to their doors, only to find a delivery driver standing there with trays full of sandwiches and chips. It turned out he was just following an old hospital tradition, bringing meals right to where everyone worked.