Garden City Hospital

Description

Mission
Garden City Hospital is committed to providing health care that improves the well being of the whole person and the health status of the community at large through the provision of comprehensive health care services osteopathic medical education and health care related programs

Vision
We will create an unparalleled Community Hospital Experience The quality of this experience will bring to us

Patients wanting their healthcare in a personal setting

Physicians wanting a place to practice quality medicine

Employees wanting a meaningful career

Students wanting a quality education and

Payers wanting to offer access to the best providers

Our Values
Integrity We are honest and trustworthy in everything that we do

Compassion We respect all people with a sense of caring and understanding

Commitment We work toward the greater good of the organization

Communication We share information in a timely and accurate manner

Quality We do everything with excellence

History

Garden City Hospital began as the vision of six local physicians in March of 1947 Committed to a high level of healthcare the physicians pooled their own money and rented a building on Ford Road to provide a more attentive healthcare facility for the community Built around the family practitioner the hospital was named Garden City Maternity Hospital even though it also treated sick and injured persons After a few years the physicians realized they needed to hire someone who could help them maintain their vision Allan Breakie Assistant Administrator at Holy Cross Hospital in Detroit was hired to oversee the daytoday operations With Breakie in place the hospital purchased Leland Sanitarium renamed Ridgewood Hospital in Ypsilanti and broke ground in 1959 on the current facility which is located at 6245 Inkster Road in Garden City The doors opened August 1960 and grew to what is today a stateoftheart medical facility with 323 licensed beds