What does the DCH in DCH Regional Medical Center stand for?
Druid City Hospital opened in 1923. In the late 1970s, the hospital was known as Druid City Hospital Regional Medical Center to reflect the facility’s role as a hospital not just for the Druid City (the City of Tuscaloosa’s nickname) but for all of West Alabama. In 1984, we took the name DCH Regional Medical Center because it was shorter and because the name Druid City Hospital still made it sound as if the hospital served only the City of Tuscaloosa. We retained the abbreviation DCH because it had a long tradition and was recognized in the community. Why is the City of Tuscaloosa called the Druid City? In the late 1800s, the city fathers of Tuscaloosa planted oak trees along downtown streets. Just as the City of Birmingham was known as the Magic City because of its amazing growth, the City of Tuscaloosa became known as the Oak City, or, in recognition of the ancient British tribe that worshipped oaks, the Druid City. (You may know the Druids are the folks who are believed to have buil
