 During the coronavirus pandemic, the AHA asked Congress to provide $100 billion in aid to hospitals for coronavirus testing and treatment.In 1870, there were only about 100 general hospitals in the United States, but the institution was growing rapidly.Hospital administrators formed an organization, The Association of Hospital Superintendents of the United States and Canada, which held its first meeting in 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio, where seven of the eight superintendents in attendance were based.