| 1886 |
Mother M. Angela and Sister M. Rufina Dunn, of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre
Dame, Indiana, turn a sturdy four-story red brick building -- with two
wards, eighteen private rooms, an operating room, and an amphitheater
-- into Hawkes Hospital of Mount Carmel. |
| 1903 |
Mount Carmel School of Nursing begins
offering students "all that science and intellect can afford." It is
the first in the United States to be nationally accredited. |
| 1908 |
The Sisters of St. Francis open St. Ann's
Infant Asylum, at Bryden Road and Rose Avenue (now Kelton Avenue), to
protect and care for orphaned infants and unwed mothers.
The Sisters of Mount Carmel purchase a 140-acre plot east of Hawkes
Hospital -- complete with cows, horses, chickens, hogs, and farm
implements -- as a farm and recreational center. |
| 1920 |
St. Ann's Infant Asylum becomes St. Ann's
Hospital for Women and begins providing maternity care. This year, 230
children were born there -- 90 more than in 1919. |
| 1950 |
St. Ann's Hospital for Women is remodeled
to offer expanded maternity services and gynecological care in response
to a decrease in home deliveries. |
| 1951 |
A Department of Medicine and General Surgery is opened at St. Ann's. |
| 1972 |
The culmination of five years' work, Mount
Carmel East is opened on the east side of Columbus. The 233-bed
hospital is situated on a 140-acre "farm" purchased in 1908.
St. Ann's Hospital opens its doors to the first male patient in its 64-year history. |
| 1975 |
Hawkes Hospital of Mount Carmel begins
offering numerous ancillary services. To herald this event, its name is
changed to Mount Carmel Medical Center. |
| 1984 |
The Mount Carmel Community Service
Corporation is formed to facilitate community needs in outreach,
hospice, wellness, home care, and other services.
St. Ann's Hospital is relocated to its present site in Westerville,
in order to meet the needs of the growing population in Columbus'
northeast quadrant.
Mount Carmel Health is created, incorporating Mount Carmel
Medical Center (West), Mount Carmel East, and Mount Carmel Community
Service Corporation. A new logo is created and new corporate colors are
chosen. |
| 1990 |
Mount Carmel School of Nursing becomes Mount Carmel College of Nursing when it begins offering a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. |
| 1993 |
The Bruce E. Siegel Center for Health
Education is added onto Mount Carmel East Hospital, to provide a
resource for community education. |
| 1995 |
St. Ann's Hospital joins the Mount Carmel Health System |
| 1999 |
Mount Carmel East Hospital, Mount Carmel
Medical Center, and St. Ann's Hospital are renamed Mount Carmel East,
Mount Carmel West, and Mount Carmel St. Ann's. |
| 2000 |
Mount Carmel joins Trinity Health, the
third largest Catholic healthcare system in the United States,
operating or affiliated with 44 hospitals, 342 outpatient facilities,
31 long-term care facilities, 28 home healthcare offices, and 20
hospice programs.
A dedicated cancer center is opened on the Mount Carmel St. Ann's campus. |
| 2002 |
Mount Carmel St.
Ann's new Emergency Department opens, nearly doubling its previous size
with the ability to treat up to 100,000 patients per year. |
| 2003 |
Mount Carmel opens the St. Ann's Maternity Pavillion, the first comprehensive care facility of its kind in Columbus.
Mount Carmel East opens a dedicated Heart Center and a new Maternity Center to better serve the growing population of Columbus’ east side.
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| 2004 |
The Center for Learning and Education opens on the Mount Carmel West campus, housing a high-tech library, learning labs, meeting rooms as well as more classroom and office space for the Mount Carmel College of Nursing. |
| 2007 |
New Albany Surgical Hospital joins the Mount Carmel Health System. Hospital renamed Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital. |
