Avera Flandreau Hospital

Name :

Avera Flandreau Hospital

Address  :

214 N. Prairie

Town  :

Flandreau

State  :

South Dakota

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

57028

Phone  :

605 997 2433

Fax  :

605 997 3611

Web URL  :


Description

Mission
Our mission is to improve the health status and deliver the best customer experience to the people we serve

Vision
Our vision is to effectively use partnerships to create an integrated care system of dedicated professionals focused on the health care needs of the people we serve


History

Our History
The Flandreau Municipal Board was created by City Ordinance106 in September 1936 The building was obtained by petition of the people for a bond issue of 30000 in 1935 and a government grant of 25000 The hospital was constructed in 1936 and opened on May 1 1937 The west wing was completed in 1960 at which time the original building was extensively remodeled

It has been a quotcityquot or quotmunicipalquot hospital since 1937 with the City Council acting as a governing body assisted by an appointed Board of Directors In 1987 the hospital was remodeled from top to bottom at a cost of approximately 450000 The majority of this funding was obtained through a bond issue put forth by the city of Flandreau Flandreau Medical Center became a quotCritical Access Hospitalquot in January 1 1999 and became a quotCertified Rural Health Clinicquot in 1999

As of May 1 1999 the City of Flandreau and Flandreau Medical Center and Avera McKennan entered into a lease agreement
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