East Liverpool City Hospital

Name :

East Liverpool City Hospital

Address  :

425 West Fifth Street

Town  :

East Liverpool

State  :

Ohio

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

43920

Phone  :

330 385 7200

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

info@elch.org

Description

Mission Statement
We will provide to the people of the TriState area high quality compassionate health care services within the available resources Health care services will be provided to prevent illness relieve suffering aid in health restoration and promote wellness Health care education will be provided to the patient the community and other health providers These services will be costeffective so that they are affordable to the greatest number of people being served We will provide necessary services to any person without discrimination within the financial limitations of the organization

History

History
East Liverpool City Hospital owes its existence to a group of women of the community quotwho saw the great need of a hospitalquot The turn of the century was a boom time for East Liverpool the center of the US pottery industry The citys many potteries turned out dinnerware by the millions of dozens boasting quotwe set the tables of Americaquot Yet surgeries were performed in doctors offices and nursing care was provided in private homes

The City Hospital Association was organized Jan 30 1896 by a group of the citys leading women meeting in the old YMCA building on W Fifth St The association was chartered by the state that same year Property on Wall Street was purchased March 18 1897 but no building funds became available and that land eventually was sold The present site was acquired in September 1903

Through funds raised by these concerned women the first hospital building was erected on Sixth Street at a cost of 25000 Opened Jan 1 1905 it had 52 beds in wards and 12 private rooms Care was provided by student nurses in the hospitals Training School of Nursing under supervision of head nurses and a superintendent The average length of stay during this era was 28 days the number of patients admitted each year was less than 300

The First Addition to the hospital was erected in 1911 on Fifth Street followed by the Fireproof Addition West Wing in 1931 A major building program after WWII included the threestory North Wing 1954 The fourstory MetschHarker Building behind the hospital was erected in 1964 for the nurse training program A onestory addition to pediatrics and the employee cafeteria were added in 1966 The main hospital building the sixstory East Wing was completed in 1977 at a cost of 11 million A comprehensive 9 million renovation and construction project 199094 improved access utilization and facilities

In 2005 as it celebrated its 100th Anniversary the hospital broke ground for its new NorthEast Addition Investing more than 18 million in capital funds the hospital expanded its emergency room services with a modern facility that includes private patient rooms trauma beds dedicated lab and xray services an ortho clinic isolation rooms and decontamination capabilities The new ER became fully functional in 2007

The new addition supports a rooftop helipad used to help transport patients to advanced trauma or specialty care facilities The medical flight crew has direct elevator access to and from the emergency room so that patients can be transferred via air in rapid fashion

The new addition also houses the 4NE wing of 12 private patient rooms Recent renovations made most of the rooms on the fourth and fifth floors except for ICCU into private patient rooms The new rooms increase patient privacy and help improve infection control measures

East Liverpool City Hospital prides itself with its commitment of keeping current with technology and trends in healthcare Its focus is on patient care and doing what best serves each one