St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Name :

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Address  :

415 6th Street

Town  :

Lewiston

State  :

Idaho

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

83501

Phone  :

2087432511

Fax  :

2087463832

Web URL  :

Available

Description

St Joseph Regional Medical Center is the largest fullservice regional medical center between Boise Idaho and Spokane Washington providing advancedlevel specialty healthcare

We are committed to providing safe highquality care for our community by having highlyskilled and certified physicians on our healthcare team and a quality facility with the latest in medical technology St Joes has more than 100 boardcertified physicians and providers active in both primary care and specialty practice

We are a Catholic hospital and our mission is Making Communities Healthierreg by Continuing the Healing Ministry of Jesus

In 1901 the Sisters of St Joseph of Belvidere Ill agreed to establish a hospital in Lewiston Idaho On Feb 8 1902 St Joseph Hospital opened in a sevenroom frame house Despite the rugged conditions and limited space the community recognized the need for a larger hospital and banded together to build and open a 50bed facility in 1903

Today you can find that same commitment and dedication at St Joseph Regional Medical Center St Joes remains a leader in healthcare and is the largest fullservice medical center between Boise and Spokane

History

At the turn of the 20th century the Rev Hubert A Post St Josephs appointed pastor of St Stanislaus Church in Lewiston worked diligently to have a hospital established to care for the sick in a largely unreligious community His appeal for help was answered by three Sisters from the midwest

Sister Aurelia Bracken Sister Angelica Heenan SSJ Sisters of St Joseph of Tipton Ind and Sister Dominica Ryan SSJ Sisters of St Joseph of Belvedere Ill arrived in Lewiston and began working on establishing a hospital

On Feb 8 1902 St Joseph Hospital a sevenroom frame house opened at 325 Snake River Ave The three sisters worked day and night providing not only nursing care but also doing all of the cooking and cleaning Despite the rugged conditions and limited space the community recognized the need for a larger hospital and banded together to build and open a 50bed facility in 1903 on 46 acres deeded to the sisters by the Jesuit Fathers The hospital was built of bricks at its current location of 415 Sixth St

The Sisters formed the Sisters of St Joseph of Idaho The hospital was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in March 1918 However the influenza epidemic took its toll on Sisters caring for the ill From October 1918 to July 1919 seven Sisters died from influenza

That same year the St Joseph School of Nursing was established and six years later the Sisters of St Joseph of Idaho joined with the Sisters of St Joseph Carondelet From these rugged and challenging beginnings the sisters forged the current St Joseph Regional Medical Center Today it is the largest hospital between Boise and Spokane The spirit and dedication of these original sisters still lives today through our philosophy mission and values