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Description

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Welcome to Rivers Edge Hospital amp Clinic
Rivers Edge Hospital amp Clinic provides care to patients throughout the greater St Peter area including Nicollet Le Sueur and portions of Sibley and Blue Earth counties

We value compassionate care collaboration stewardship and integrity Combining state of the art technology and compassionate caring staff members our vision is to deliver care that values all aspects of a persons health mind body and spirit

The Rivers Edge campus includes Rivers Edge Hospital Rivers Edge Clinic Live Well Fitness Center Mankato Chiropractic amp Healing Touch Massage Rivers Edge Quality Care Pharmacy St Peter Clinic and Benedictine Living Community of St Peter

Our Mission
Rivers Edge Hospital amp Clinic provides quality health services that value all dimensions of health including mind body and spirit Our goal is to improve the health of all individuals we serve through continuous measurable improvement in patient satisfaction clinical quality and operational effectiveness

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History

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Our History
The first physician to serve the settlers of the St Peter area was Dr Hiram Wesley Catlin A medical school graduate of the University of Louisville in 1850 He arrived in St Peter in 1855 and served the settlers until his death December 26 1861 Dr Asa Daniels surgeon and an advocate for the Dakota Indians arrived in St Peter in 1861 following his service at Ft Ridgley and as medical officer at the Lower Sioux Agency When he arrived in St Peter he cared for the sick and wounded in a makeshift hospital the Ewing House Brinkmans Apartments located on the corner of Third and Walnut Streets

The first medical facility in St Peter was The Home Sanitarium operated by A Kloss In 1927 Dr W W Covell a World War I Surgeon purchased the Theodore Knoll building currently Patricks at the corner of Third and Park Row He opened a 20bed hospital and added an additional floor and 8 rooms in 1931 The facility closed in 1938 In 1935 a second hospital flourished and was operated by Cora and Leonard Hughs it was known as the CoraLee Hospital

In 1938 the City of St Peter opened a new 38bed facility at the corner of Washington and Broadway and in 1959 added a 45bed addition known as the East Wing

In 2004 the new St Peter Community Hospital opened on August 8 at 6 pm The campus encompasses approximately 26 acres the size of the hospital is 62000 sq ft and the project cost was 156 million of which 13 million was from community pledges All 17 rooms are private It is the first hospital in Minnesota to feature Wellness patient rooms which feature new Sanijet Pipeless Whirlpool baths Rivers Edge Hospital is also the smallest Mentor Hospital in the nation having received more than 1000 inquiries about its quality improvement initiatives

In the fall of 2008 the hospital changed its name to Rivers Edge Hospital amp Clinic to reflect the growth of the health care campus The Rivers Edge Clinic opened as a department of the hospital April 2009 and is located in the medical office building which comprises almost 25000 sq ft The total project cost is 62 million

In the summer of 2010 Rivers Edge Clinic in Le Center opened