Bartlett Regional Hospital

Name :

Bartlett Regional Hospital

Address  :

3260 Hospital Drive

Town  :

Juneau

State  :

Alaska

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

99801

Phone  :

907 796 8900

Fax  :

907 796 8408

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Urology
Facilities

Description

Mission Vision and Values
Bartlett Regional Hospital provides quality health care and health promotion for the people of Juneau and communities of Northern Southeast Alaska

Bartlett Regional Hospital will be the best community hospital in Alaska

At Bartlett Regional Hospital We CARE

Courtesy
We act in a positive professional and considerate manner recognizing the impact of our actions on the care of our patients and the creation of a supportive work environment

Accountability
We take responsibility for our actions and their collective outcomes working as an effective committed and cooperative team

Respect
We treat everyone with fairness and dignity by honoring diversity and promoting an atmosphere of trust and cooperation We listen to others valuing their skills ideas and opinions

Excellence
We choose to do our best and work with a commitment to continuous improvement We provide high quality professional healthcare to meet the changing needs of our community and region


History

Juneau opened its first hospital when the Sisters of Saint Ann decided to expand their mission to Alaska The Sisters arrived in Juneau on September 11 1886 in the pouring rain According to A Century of Service by Sister Mary Margaret Down Father J A Althoff was at the wharf in Juneau lantern in hand to take them to the residence at the foot of Mount Roberts

For a sidewalk two planks were laid on the side of a rough muddy road There were no vehicles of any sort Sister Mary Margaret wrote

They found a town described by Sen Ernest Gruening as a struggling collection of cabins of log and frame buildings between which wound unpaved trails hardly recognizable as streets It was a raw rugged frontier

The Sisters purpose was to establish a hospital that was to become the first hospital set up under American control in Alaska

Two weeks after Sister Mary Zenon Sister Mary Bon Secours and Sister Mary Victor arrived in Juneau the three Sisters took in their first patient Daniel Foster according to a May 17 1969 special edition of the Southeast Alaska Empire The attending physician Hugh S Wyman was a gold miner with medical training according to the Empire

When the Treadwell Mine was in operation there was a separate St Anns Hospital in Douglas That facility closed in about 1918 and burned in the early 1920s

The Sisters operated St Anns Hospital in Juneau until March 1968 when they leased the building to the City and Borough of Juneau for 100 per year

The Sisters realized that the early sections of the hospital first constructed in 1913 and 1917 were badly in need of replacement The sections had an obsolete floor plan substandard fire and safety conditions and inadequate service areas At that time the Sisters applied for federal funding to construct a new hospital but were told the new sections of St Anns did not meet federal regulations and that a new site would be needed in order to obtain Federal construction dollars

Although the Sisters tried to find a suitable site for rebuilding the high cost of both the only potential site available and the cost of hospital construction led to the Sisters decision in October 1965 to find others to provide hospital services

The City and Borough of Juneau gets involved
In 1965 the Borough of Juneau appointed a Greater Juneau Borough Hospital Planning Committee to study the situation and make recommendations to the Assembly The committees recommendations that a new 80bed hospital be constructed along with a mental health outpatient facility and examining rooms for visiting specialists to hold clinics were accepted by the city in August 1966 Hospital plans were later scaled back to a 65bed facility due to construction costs

Also in August of that year the Borough Assembly issued an ordinance asking voters to approve a 18 million bond issue for the Boroughs portion of construction costs for a new 49 million hospital The bond issue passed in 1966

In January 1967 a 17acre site at the hospitals present location was approved According to the Empire and early hospital records construction on the new Bartlett Memorial Hospital began on April 7 1969 The new hospital opened its doors on August 19 1971 Through the years the building has undergone several remodeling efforts the most recent of which expanded the hospitals Surgical Services Department and the Infusion Therapy and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation units In order to facilitate that remodel the hospitals administrative and business office functions moved into a new Administration Building adjacent to the hospital

Project 2005 is planned to complete the campus expansion by building a threestory addition to the southwest corner of the existing hospital structure and extensively remodeling several departments once the new wing is completed The hospital is a dynamic environment where every effort is made to accommodate the patients needs through efficient design that supports the swift delivery of excellent care
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