Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis

Name :

Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis

Address  :

2001 West 86th Street

Town  :

Indianapolis

State  :

Indiana

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

46260

Phone  :

317 338 2273

Web URL  :

Available

Description

About Us Centered on Excellence
At StVincent Indianapolis Hospital everything we do begins with a focus on delivering excellence in healthcare From caring and compassionate service to health outcomes and prudent management of our resources we demand excellence of ourselves and for those who turn to us for their healthcare needs

Weve committed human and financial resources to create eight centers of excellence designed to provide compassionate care cuttingedge treatment and excellent outcomes

Mission and Core Values
Our mission and values establish the foundation and create the framework for the work we do They express our priorities in what we will achieve and how we will achieve them

As a member of Ascension Health StVincent Health is a part of the largest Catholic missiondriven notforprofit health care system in the United States

Mission
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words

History

StVincent Indianapolis Our History
StVincent Hospitals and Health Services Indianapolis

In 1878 Bishop Francis Silas Chatard who himself was a physician before he was ordained sought to promote the establishment of a Catholic hospital in Indiana to be operated by the Daughters of Charity This new hospital was located in an unused seminary building next to St Josephs Church on East Vermont Street in Indianapolis

On April 26 1881 the first four Daughters of Charity came as true pioneers brave in heart strong in zeal and poor in pocket sharing only 3477 between them The bishop gave them 50 more to begin their Missionconverting the abandoned seminary into a hospital

In 1889 just eight years after their arrival the Sisters moved to a new facility at South and Delaware streets on the southeast side of downtown Indianapolis They had been in their second home for less than 20 years when it became apparent that they must seek a third location Before the move was made however the infirmary decided to give itself a new name so in 1911 its legal name was changed to StVincent Hospital

The new site lay on the north bank of Fall Creek between Capitol Avenue and Illinois Street on the north side of Downtown Indianapolis Thus StVincent moved to a new 250bed hospital on Fall Creek in February 1913 a location that served as StVincents home for the next 61 years

By the 1960s overcrowding expansion and renovation were the rule and talk was beginning about a new building Land along 86th Street between Ditch and Township Line roads on the farNorthwestside was purchased for a new hospital Ground was broken for the new hospital on Jan 8 1971

On March 31 1974 through a massive community effort headed by Administrator Carlos McDonnell DC medical resident Dr Philip Eskew Jr of the US Army Reserve and aided by the 337th General Hospital Unit of the US AR the transfer to hospital number four was made in three hours and 20 minutes

StVincent is dedicated to spiritually centered holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words The ageless mission of StVincent remains unchanged to minister to the minds bodies and spirits of those in need