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When St. Mary's Hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1996, a promise was made to the community – to recommit to the guiding principles of Sister Xavier Ross, founder of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. With that pledge, the hospital would “look forward to the good that is yet to be.”
St. Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center has kept its promise with the completion of the Century Project.
The public is invited to St. Mary's Hospital Expo 2010 to celebrate the opening of the expansion and renovation project. The event, which will be held Saturday, Jan. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will feature blessing ceremonies, tours and refreshments.
The 434,000 square feet of new construction, includes a 12-story tower, expanded emergency department and intensive care services and rooftop helicopter facility for CareFlight. There is also a dedicated orthopedic and spine unit, women's health care and childbirth services, a neonatal intensive care unit, new operating rooms and an education and conference center. A new lobby, cafeteria, coffee shop, reflection room, registration office and gift shop round out the project.
Planning for the project began in 2005 and construction started in 2007. The construction was completed on schedule within the $276-million stated budget.
Since Sisters of Charity Mary Balbina Farrell and Louisa Madden opened St. Mary's as a 10-bed, wooden frame hospital in 1896, it appears “the good that is yet to be” has always been at the forefront. As the years progressed, so did care and services.
In the 1920s, a new wing and classroom space was added. In the 1940s, St. Mary's established the Regional Blood Bank and in the 1950s, Mesa State College donated a tract of land at Patterson Road where St. Mary's now stands.
In the 1970s, an outpatient surgery center was added and in the 1980s, St. Mary's Heart Center was introduced along with the Mammography Center.
In the 1990s, the Life Center was added and in 2000, the Grand Valley Surgery Center opened.
Saturday marks another milestone — and this is one for the record books.
The hospital welcomes the community to see what “The Next Century of Healthcare” is all about. The “good that is yet to be” has officially arrived in the Western Slope. A celebration in order.
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Members of the Free Press Editorial Board are Publisher Valerie J. Smith, Managing Editor Tracy Dvorak, and Staff Writer Wyatt Haupt Jr.
St. Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center has kept its promise with the completion of the Century Project.
The public is invited to St. Mary's Hospital Expo 2010 to celebrate the opening of the expansion and renovation project. The event, which will be held Saturday, Jan. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will feature blessing ceremonies, tours and refreshments.
The 434,000 square feet of new construction, includes a 12-story tower, expanded emergency department and intensive care services and rooftop helicopter facility for CareFlight. There is also a dedicated orthopedic and spine unit, women's health care and childbirth services, a neonatal intensive care unit, new operating rooms and an education and conference center. A new lobby, cafeteria, coffee shop, reflection room, registration office and gift shop round out the project.
Planning for the project began in 2005 and construction started in 2007. The construction was completed on schedule within the $276-million stated budget.
Since Sisters of Charity Mary Balbina Farrell and Louisa Madden opened St. Mary's as a 10-bed, wooden frame hospital in 1896, it appears “the good that is yet to be” has always been at the forefront. As the years progressed, so did care and services.
In the 1920s, a new wing and classroom space was added. In the 1940s, St. Mary's established the Regional Blood Bank and in the 1950s, Mesa State College donated a tract of land at Patterson Road where St. Mary's now stands.
In the 1970s, an outpatient surgery center was added and in the 1980s, St. Mary's Heart Center was introduced along with the Mammography Center.
In the 1990s, the Life Center was added and in 2000, the Grand Valley Surgery Center opened.
Saturday marks another milestone — and this is one for the record books.
The hospital welcomes the community to see what “The Next Century of Healthcare” is all about. The “good that is yet to be” has officially arrived in the Western Slope. A celebration in order.
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Members of the Free Press Editorial Board are Publisher Valerie J. Smith, Managing Editor Tracy Dvorak, and Staff Writer Wyatt Haupt Jr.
