Bell Hospital

Description

About Bell
Bell Hospital is dedicated to being a leader in providing and promoting health and wellness to our surrounding community Bell is your convenient and compassionate acute care hospital offering a full range of services We offer key ancillary services and advanced medical technologies just steps away Our surgical center performs procedures on a daily basis Bell also offers rehabilitation services including physical occupational and speech therapy with our newest addition being our Corporate Wellness Department

Mission Statement

The Bell Hospital mission is to improve the lives of everyone we touch

Vision Statement

Bell pledges to

Lead our defined healthcare market by providing excellent compassionate
care

Attract and retain the highest caliber of employees all of whom will take
pride in being Bell ambassadors to the community we serve

Be governed by an insightful crosssection representation of our community
and be led by resourceful accountable administration

Humbly embrace our role as a community cornerstone by prudently managing our
fiscal resources strengthening our employment base and recognizing our
societal responsibilities

Values
We commit to serving with

Professionalism

Respect

Integrity

Humility

Loyalty

Excellence

Compassion

Quality

History

Bell Hospital History
quotA Tradition of Strengthquot

Bell Hospital is a thriving notforprofit community hospital that has been dedicated to serving the areas health care needs for over a century The organizations modest beginnings are built from a rich mining history by hard working men filled with determination and a lot of heart

With the discovery of iron ore during the rugged 1840s in the newly developing communities of Ishpeming Negaunee and surrounding areas there became a need for doctors In the beginning that need was met by traveling nurses and physicians and a tiny hospital The first community hospital opened its doors to patients on Canda Street in Ishpeming in 1872 By 1887 the hospital had grown and relocated to the former Legion building on Pine Street with a physician force numbering four

In 1917 Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company took the lead in building a new 50 bed hospital with the latest medical and surgical equipment The state of the art facility opened in 1918 and by 1950 there were 68 members on the hospital staff

In 1952 Ishpeming attorney and Cleveland Cliffs Vice President Francis A Bell helped transfer ownership of the hospital from Cleveland Cliffs to the Ishpeming Negaunee Association CCI pledged 650000 towards a 1 million expansion project The remaining 350000 was raised through generosity with a pride a strength and a spirit of the local citizens of Ishpeming Negaunee and the surrounding communities

In 1954 the hospital was named Francis A Bell Memorial Hospital following the respected civic leaders untimely death from cancer in 1952