SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - When you go to the hospital, do you want to be in a tent? A small, wooden shack? Or a new building with tomorrow’s technology, today?

Hospitals in Florida have evolved from the first one built by the Spanish in St. Augustine in 1597, to the advanced technology at Sarasota Memorial Hospital today.

You can find the complete story of Sarasota Memorial’s 100-year journey, written by historian and author Jeff LaHurd, here .

You can watch previous episodes of Discovering the Suncoast online here .

Discovering the Suncoast airs these days and times:

6:40 am Wednesday

9:15 am Wednesday

4pm ABC7 News Wednesday

7:40 am Saturday

6:30pm ABC7 News Sunday

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