AdventHealth Daytona Beach

Memorial Health Systems, Inc. (doing business as AdventHealth Daytona Beach) is a non-profit hospital campus in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It became part of AdventHealth following a merger with Memorial Health Systems in May 2000. The medical facility is a tertiary and comprehensive stroke center that has multiple specialties. In 2009, the hospital moved to its current location from Ormond Beach, Florida. In 2019, the 10th 'Timmy's Playroom' opened at the hospital. In 2023, a mercy killing took place at AdventHealth Daytona Beach, between an elderly couple.

In 1961, city commissioner John B. Sterthaus donated 15 acres (6.1 ha) for a hospital, in honor of Ormond Beach, Florida and his son, Sgt. George J. Sterthaus, who was killed during World War II. On April 23, 1967, five thousand people attended a dedication ceremony for Ormond Beach Memorial Hospital, including mayor Ernest Cassen, attorney Melvin Orfinger and American Legion Post 267. On May 1, Ormond Beach Memorial Hospital opened with four stories. In 1980, the hospital's first open heart surgery took place. In late May 2000, Memorial Health Systems chose to merge with Adventist Health System. It had to be approved by both of the hospital networks boards, and by regulators from Florida and the federal government. In early October 2005, Halifax Medical Center signed an agreement with Florida Hospital, allowing it to build a new hospital only ten minutes away in Daytona Beach, Florida effectively ending a two-year turf war. In 2006, Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial was put up for sale, that year it was appraised at $34.3 million. In 2008, the sale price for the hospital was $16 million. On July 14, 2009, 100 patients were moved from Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial in Ormond Beach to Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach. The 12-story, 718,000 square foot (66,700 m2) Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center cost $270 million to build, it opened with 277 beds and 32 of them being for a birthcare center. The hospital was built on 135 acres next to Interstate 95. After moving to Daytona Beach the hospital doubled its size, when it was in Ormond Beach it was only 330,000 square foot (31,000 m2) and its seven-story tower had 205 beds. The reason why the hospital chose to move to Daytona Beach was because it wanted to be closer to Interstate 95 for visibility purposes, since its former location was in a wooded area.

In October 2010, a Cancer Institute opened on the campus of Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center. In December, a Volusia County circuit court judge ruled against descendants of John B. Sterthaus who had sued Adventist Health System, they claimed that the property could only be used for a hospital. The reason for the decision was that the deed restriction had expired when the donor died. In 2011, Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial was reappraised at $3.9 million, while the sale price also was lowered to $8.9 million. Florida Hospital was still using fifty-seven percent of Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial for storage in 2011, the rest of the property they were required to pay property taxes on. Juan Yang from Beijing wanted the property in 2011, for a nursing home or other health care use. On July 22, 2012, Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial was demolished at 7:30 a.m. with 150 sticks of dynamite Eighty-five percent of the hospital was recycled. The reason for hospital being demolished was due to the bad economy, a buyer could not be found for it. The city mayor hoped that it could have been used as a veterans' hospital or assisted living facility. On January 4, 2013, Florida Hospital sold the 27.6 acres (11.2 ha) that Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial had been on for $2 million to Buddy LaCour and investors. On the acres a clubhouse, healt

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