Woodlawn Hospital - Rochester

Name :

Woodlawn Hospital - Rochester

Address  :

1400 East Ninth Street

Town  :

Rochester

State  :

Indiana

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

46975

Phone  :

(574) 223-3141

Fax  :

574 223 5318

Web URL  :

Available

Description

The Mission of Woodlawn Hospital is to provide excellent healthcare services by highly skilled staff in a compassionate and caring manner Woodlawn Hospital recognizes its responsibility to serve patients employees physicians and the community

The Vision of Woodlawn Hospital is to be the healthcare provider of choice in our service area All members of the governing board management employees and medical staff must act in a manner consistent with Woodlawn Hospitalrsquos mission statement core values principles and supporting policies

History

On November 2 1905 the doors of Fulton Countyrsquos first hospital opened for the purpose of ldquoadministering medical surgical and obstetrical aid to the general publicrdquo Known as ldquoThe Woodlawnrdquo it was founded by Dr Winfield Scott Shafer at 624 Pontiac Street in Rochester Dr WS Shafer operated the hospital until his death in 1916 The hospital fell into the hands of his son Dr Howard Shafer until his death in 1931 Shortly afterwards Woodlawn Hospital was sold to Dr Milton E Leckrone head surgeon of the hospital Under Dr Leckronersquos direction a twostory brick addition was completed in 1936 and the bed capacity was increased from 15 to 33

After the untimely death of Dr Leckrone in 1945 Fulton County assumed ownership of Woodlawn Hospital A five member Board of Trustees appointed by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners serves as the governing body of the hospital
Ten years later another expansion of Woodlawn was underway This addition raised the bed capacity of the hospital from 33 to 66 In 1972 the 1935 portion of Woodlawn Hospital was closed to patients due to fire safety deficiencies and the hospital went to 41 beds The older part of the hospital was converted to administrative use only On August 14 1974 it was announced that the hospital board had decided to build a new hospital on a new site The new Woodlawn Hospital relocated to ldquoJones Woodsrdquo a grove of trees on the north side of Indiana 14 and 25 along the east side of the Rochester municipal golf course Dedicated in 1978 the present Woodlawn Hospital sits serenely on 33 wooded acres which can be viewed from every patient room The hospitalrsquos first floor houses cardiopulmonary and emergency services in addition to administrative and support services The second floor houses all private rooms and offers the maximum in personal and professional care to our patients