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Description

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Mission
Knapp Medical Center a notforprofit community health care provider places its patients first Combining compassion and competence Knapp Medical Center provides health care to the people and communities of the Rio Grande Valley As a major communityfocused employer Knapp Medical Center works to contribute to regional vitality and economic wellbeing Through its collaborative education programs Knapp Medical Center works to help build a healthy community

Mission Statement
Knapp Medical CenterDelivering Compassionate Competent Care in the Heart of the Valley

Vision
Knapp Medical Center will be where Patients seek their healthcare Doctors seek to practice Community seeks healthcare information and education Volunteers seek to serve Employees seek to work

Values
Knapp Medical Center VALUES people
patients family friends
employees doctors volunteers

The strengths of
compassion competence collaboration
customer service cultural diversity education
technology fiscal health


And the important role they serve in building a healthier community

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History

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Knapp Medical Center opened in Weslaco on January 2 1962 as Knapp Memorial Methodist Hospital In the mid1950s interest was expressed by Weslaco citizens for building a hospital through a Chamber of Commerce survey

The McAllen District of the United Methodist Church agreed to run the hospital if a structure was built so the Mid Valley Hospital Development Corporation was formed and volunteers were enlisted from Donna Mercedes EdcouchElsa Progreso and Weslaco

The fund campaign that followed started with a gift of 300000 from the Knapp Foundation To recognize their generosity the hospital was named after the Knapp family Another 500000 was raised among the Mid Valley communities by numerous volunteers and this 800000 total was matched by a federal HillBurton grant to make the hospital a reality

In December of 1986 the United Methodist Church and Knapp Memorial Methodist Hospital under amicable agreement dissolved their long time relationship Knapp Medical Center remains a notforprofit private acute care provider This means that Knapp uses its income for operating expenses retirement of debt and expansion of services

Knapp doubled in physical space in 1980 and added 80 beds to the original 100 Knapp grew by a third to add outpatient services and a new Emergency Room in 1990

Weslaco voters decided to swap 15 acres of Harlon Block Park for 50 acres in southwest Weslaco next to Memorial Elementary School in 1993 This gave Knapp adjacent land for future expansion Some of the land has been used for a helipad and parking As the culmination of a collaborative project to help diabetes patients effectively manage their disease the Diabetes Center began in 1994 Also in 1994 a threestory professional building the Medical Plaza opened just north of the main hospital building

With continuing population growth and needs all inpatient surgical and obstetrical services were moved and expanded from the original single story building into a six story tower with 233 inpatient beds in December of 1995 Further community needs led to the Hospice program accepting its first patient in late 1996 and to the dedication of a new Emergency Department in May 2003

A 32000 square foot Conference Center opened in May 2004 on the west side of the Knapp campus Remodeling of former ER space for an Outpatient Center was completed in February 2006 followed by major renovations of Womens Health Services and Pediatrics in 2007