Saint Marys Hospital

Name :

Saint Marys Hospital

Address  :

1216 Second Street Sw

Town  :

Rochester

State  :

Minnesota

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

55902

Phone  :

507 255 5123

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

newsbureau@mayo.edu

Description

About
Mayo Clinic Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital form an integrated medical center Mayo Clinic patients who need hospitalization are cared for in one of the two Mayo Clinic hospitals in Rochester The hospitals serve only Mayo Clinic patients and are staffed exclusively by Mayo Clinic doctors A single administrative team manages both hospitals to most efficiently serve patients needs

Saint Marys is one of the nations largest private hospitals and provides services in virtually every medical specialty Saint Marys began in 1889 a joint project between the Sisters of Saint Francis and the Mayo brothers and their father See history

Five buildings at Saint Marys Hospital are named to honor Saint Marys foundress and first administrator Mother Alfred and four Sisters who previously served as hospital administrators Sisters Joseph Domitilla Mary Brigh and Generose See map The Francis Building honors the many Franciscan Sisters who have served at the hospital since its founding

History

History of Saint Marys Hospital
After a devastating tornado ripped through Rochester in 1883 Mother Alfred Moes and the Sisters of Saint Francis proposed building a hospital to aid the sick and injured in Southern Minnesota on the condition that William Worrall Mayo and his sons provide the medical service They agreed and in 1889 Saint Marys Hospital opened with 27 beds It expanded continually over the years to meet the needs of the Mayo Clinic practice

One of the hospitals largest expansion projects was the Mary Brigh Building additions in 1980 The addition added a 50room surgical suite and more than 100 new intensive care beds to the hospital In 1997 another major expansion was completed with the addition of more intensive care beds an expanded Cardiac Laboratory and the Mayo Eugenio Litta Childrens Hospital

In 1986 Mayo Clinic Rochester Methodist Hospital and Saint Marys Hospital integrated their operations under one governing board to more efficiently serve the needs of Mayo patients As a part of that agreement a special Sponsorship Board was created to ensure that the spiritual values integral to the hospitals history are perpetuated