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Higher-Level Trauma Care May Soon Return to Virginia Beach, Va., Hospital.

By Jason Skog, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 9--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--Trauma services at Virginia Beach General Hospital could be restored to previous levels in a matter of weeks, if pending contracts with a number of doctors are secured, Sentara Healthcare officials said Monday.

While the official Level II trauma center designation may still be a year or two away, the hospital could soon return to business as usual "to the extent we can get all the agreements signed," said Robert L. Graves, Sentara's vice pr

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