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Description

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About Us
Meeker Memorial Hospital MMH is a 35bed countyowned hospital located in Litchfield Minnesota

Mission
To provide highquality health care services responsive to the residents of the Meeker County area

Vision
To be known as an organization that provides stateoftheart health care services accompanied by outstanding personalized care

Values
In fulfilling our mission and realizing our vision we value the following
A commitment to quality that ensures the safety of our patients

A partnership with our medical staff to achieve excellence in the care we
deliver

A relationship with our employees that allows them to grow and develop

Participation in our community to make the Meeker County area a healthy place
to live

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History

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History
The Hospitals history in Litchfield dates back to 1897 beginning as a privately operated hospital The Litchfield Hospital was built in 1910 as a shareholder notforprofit hospital That hospital operated until 1952 beginning with 16 beds and later expanding to 40 beds In 1952 a new hospital building was erected and we became the Meeker County Memorial Hospital MCMH a nonprofit hospital serving the Meeker County area MCMH was originally licensed as a 70bed hospital and expanded to a 91bed hospital in 1970

As health care changed so did MCMH Beginning in 1988 MCMH looked closely at changing health care and responded to trends of growing outpatient service needs The Hospital began major renovation projects to decrease the total bed size to 38 inpatient beds and provide space to deliver more outpatient services

Today after major renovations in 1989 1992 1995 and 2003 we offer responsive medical services in an uptodate and wellequipped facility convenient to patients We are a critical access hospital We have changed our name and are now known as Meeker Memorial Hospital MMH reflecting our service to Meeker county and the region We continue to keep in step with the most current and sophisticated diagnostic rehabilitation surgical and treatment procedures We offer inpatient and outpatient services that continue to change as we meet your needs We broke ground and began the structural portion of Phase One a 265 million dollar MMH ExpansionRenovation Project in Nov 2007 We opened the new patient care areas in June 2009 bringing us to a new total of 35 patient care beds This marks the first major expansion of approximately 75000 square feet for MMH since the original building was built in 195152 Phase One is focused on direct improvements to patient care services The new layout will improve patient flow and privacy Related services such as surgery emergency and radiology are located one the main level and offer greater patient flow All inpatient services will be on third floor equipped with private patient rooms for medical surgical and critial care and new private OB suites for that special delivery We have expanded rehabilitation services and specialty services on second floor to include a Rehabilitation Services area for PT OT and Speech all in one convenient location A new Cardiac Rehabilitation Services area for our Phase II and III Cardiac Rehabilitation patients In adition we have added new Sleep Suites for our Sleep Services and expanded areas for chemotherapy treatment and cancer care We have opened the new Open Door Gifts added a Chapel and updated our Dining Services at the Prairie Winds Cafe

MMH is committed to quotCare as it should bequot with a mission to serve you We take this mission seriously to administer the finest health care we can provide to you and your family