Howard University Hospital and MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, are both located in which city?
Howard University Hospital Howard University Hospital, previously known as Freedmen's Hospital, is a major hospital lcated in Washington, D.C., built on the site of the previous Griffith Stadium. The hospital has served the African American community in the area for over 150 years, having been established in 1862 to cater for the medical needs of the thousands of African Americans who came to Washington during the Civil War, seeking their freedom. The first hospital of its kind to provide medical treatment for former slaves, it later became the major hospital for the area's African-American community. Following the closure of D.C. General Hospital, As of 2016, the hospital has the highest rate of wrongful death lawsuits of any health facility in Washington D.C. over the previous decade.
John E. T. Camper Dr. John Emory Toussaint Camper (1897- November 21, 1977), born in Baltimore, Maryland was a prominent physician and Civil Rights activist. Raised in Sparrows Point, Dr. Camper was a graduate of Frederick Douglass High School. Prior to attending Howard University, Dr. Camper served in World War I, and during World War II, he was appointed to the Maryland Commission to Study Problems Affecting the Colored Population and served as a draft-board physician. While attending Howard, Dr. Camper was a star athlete in several sports, including football, and he was president of the school's chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.