Owatonna Hospital

Description

Owatonna Hospital has a long tradition of providing quality health care for people living in Steele County and its surrounding communities Its grown from a small city hospital nearly 110 years ago to a comprehensive high quality regional medical facility

Owatonna Hospital offers a full spectrum of services for residents of the region with specialties in surgery and trauma care Part of Allina Hospitals amp Clinics Owatonna Hospital brings together expert staff and leadingedge technology in a healing familycentered environment

The new hospitals familycentered design features private rooms complete with sleeper chairs for family members and private corridors and elevators to move patients to and from their rooms

Owatonna Hospital was also designed with patient healing in mind All inpatient rooms enjoy a view to the outside Walking trails outdoor gardens and patio provide opportunities for patients and their families to relax and enjoy the outdoors

History

After four years of planning designing training and testing the new Owatonna Hospital is now open

Below is a historical timeline of the many construction projects that have brought us to the new replacement hospital in Owatonna

1900
The original Owatonna City Hospital a large twostory brickveneered home with barn at 828 S Cedar St was purchased for 6500 It opened for the care of patients in January 1901 and served 105 patients the first year

1906
WH Kelly donated 10000 for an addition with the stipulation that the building was to cause no extra expense to Owatonna

19081932
A nursing school was started to meet the hospitals demand for trained nurses

1931
A 50bed addition was built at a cost of 101000 to answer the problem of overcrowding The addition included operating room delivery room administration dietary and laundry departments The hospital complex now included the original home Kelly Wing and 1931 addition as well as the Knotty Pines Nurses Home and a tennis court

1956
In November Owatonna voters approved a bond issue to remodel and build at the hospital although construction didnt start until 1959 The twostory addition connected to the 1931 building was completed in 1961 at the cost of more than 13 milliion

1960
The city tore down the Oppliger residence site of the original hospital

1961
The hospital was fully accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals Later that decade a third floor was added to the east and south wings of the 1961 building

1983
The city entered into a lease agreement with the Health Central Corporation The following year a 7 million construction project began

1985
Construction was completed and hospital was renamed Health Central of Owatonna

1987
Health Central Corporation merged with Health One Corporation

1990
In January the facility was renamed Health One Owatonna Hospital

1991
The Mental Health Department opened for patients providing crisis treatment psychiatric evaluation medication evaluation and referral to appropriate outpatient resources for patients and their families

1993
Allina Hospitals amp Clinics began operating Owatonna Hospital when Health Span the hospitals parent company merged with Bloomingtonbased Medica to form the new company

1997
The hospital underwent a 15 million renovation project which did not add space but altered up to 10000 square feet of the facility The renovation included remodeling of the labor and delivery areas including the addition of two labordeliveryrecovery suites moving the intensive care unit and incorporating it with the medical surgical unit on the first floor moving ambulatory surgery into the vacated intensive care unit on the first floor and creating space for joint projects between the hospital and Owatonna Clinic

Renovations also occurred in 1991 1992 1998 1999 and 2001

1999
The vision for a healthcare campus in Owatonna began in 1999 with construction plans for Owatonna Clinics 26th Street location and the purchase of additional land to accommodate a healthcare campus