St Joseph Hospital School of Nursing - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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,Qu 1.2 fir' N.. S 15. josellylfs H ospizfal 1963 Through the influence of the Right Reverend john Henry Luers, St. joseph's Hospital first opened its doors in 1869 as the city's first hospital. He had purchased an old hotel known as Rockhill House and had brought from Germany the Poor Handmaids of jesus Christ, a Community devoted to the care of the sick and the poor, and the education of youth,to operate the new hospital. Because of many progressive building programs the hospital has grown to occupy a city block. St. joseph's is a three-hundred bed general hospital. lt has facilities for clinical experience in surgical, medical, pediatric, and obstetric care. 7

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-BF St. joseph? H osllvzfczl 1965 Pictured above is the architect's sketch of St. joseph's Hospital, as it will look following completion. The hospital will occupy a full city block and be expanded to a capacity of 460 beds as opposed to the present 300. lt will reach a height of nine stories as compared to the present seven. Many other improvements have been made. Among them ure the addition of a psychiatric ward, enlargement of the physical therapy department, and an increase in the capacity of the surgical depart- ment with seven major rooms and three minor as opposed to the previous four major and three minor, making St. joseph's Hospital more modern with better facilities to serve the needs of the public. 6 Tir

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Xxx, ' 2 3 i 2 S Asa ff ,ff js f f W N 1? A W MQ? 3 l Hospital Chapel The students often use the facilities of our hospital chapel for spiritual strengthening. Since the construction of our new chapel, located within the hospital itself, services are available for those patients who are able to attend in person, For those patients bedfast services are broadcasted through a closed circuit television to each pat:ient's room. 8