St Lukes Hospital

Name :

St Lukes Hospital

Address  :

915 East First Street

Town  :

Duluth

State  :

Minnesota

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

55805

Phone  :

218 249 5555

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Description

St Lukes
St Lukes is committed to improving the health and quality of life for the people who live in communities throughout northeastern Minnesota northwestern Wisconsin and Michigans Upper Peninsula With leadingedge medical technologies and our team of dedicated experienced health care professionals St Lukes continues to put the patient above all else Every patient Every day

Mission Statement
The Patient Above All Else

Organizational Values
These values provide the foundation of our culture as we pursue our mission and vision

The patient comes first

Quality is our expectation

People make it happen

Everyone is treated with respect


History

Our History
St Lukes was the first hospital in the city of Duluth St Pauls Episcopal Church founded it in 1881 in response to a typhoid epidemic that was ravaging the city What began in a small room above a blacksmiths shop has grown into a regional health care system St Lukes is now a multispecialty hospital in Duluth and 34 primary and specialty clinics throughout northeastern Minnesota northwestern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Ours is a history of firsts including
St Lukes was the first in the area to offer an alternative to traditional
birthing rooms

St Lukes initiated the first coordinated trauma program in the regiona
program that earned St Lukes the honor of being the regions first
federally designated Regional Trauma Center as well as the first to be
verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level II Trauma Center

St Lukes is committed to continue to lead health care in the region And
we will do it the way we always haveby putting the patient first
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