Caldwell County Hospital

Description

Caldwell County Hospital is a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital located in the beautiful twin lakes area of western Kentucky We are a vital part of the community in Caldwell and Lyon counties Our organization is notforprofit and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Our highly trained staff of professionals and physicians work closely as a team to provide the highest quality care for our community

MISSION STATEMENT

The Caldwell County Hospital is an organization that provides healthcare services for Caldwell and surrounding counties to raise and maintain the standards of community health through education prevention and treatment of illnesses

VISION STATEMENT

Caldwell County Hospital will be constantly committed to proactively address changes in the delivery of healthcare services to maintain the organizations viability and to expand quality services which meet the needs of the community and our customers

GOVERNANCE

Caldwell County Hospital is a private notforprofit healthcare facility The hospital is governed by a fifteen member Board of Trustees and is a 501C3 organization The facilitys notforprofit status ensures that financial resources remaining after expenses are paid are then committed to improving technology upgrading equipment and patient services

Board members are representative of a broad spectrum of our community and do not receive financial compensation for their service and leadership They are charged with the responsibility of establishing policies assuring compliance with regulations maintenance of professional and ethical standards and oversight of financial management

Board meetings are the fourth Monday of the month

Our Board of Directors are

Donnie Davis Chairman
Joe Falder Vice Chairman
Larry Mansfield Chairman of the Finance Committee
Rook Johns Secretary
Caldwell County Judge Executive Sherman Chaudoin
Joe Gray
Bobby Goodwin
Monte Nesmith
Reed Franklin
David Lee Oliver DMD
Ed Settle MD
Shirley Fritz
Clarence Traum
Dilip Unnikrishnan MD
Brent Bugg

At Caldwell County Hospital we believe staying healthy and doing things to promote healthy lifestyles are a part of our mission In an effort to achieve this goal we participate in a number of Health Fairs within the communities we serve We also provide onsite industrial screenings

History

What do Cumberland College the first Princeton Hospital and Princeton Health Care Manor have in common Their location Also the brick from the old college was used to build the first hospital

A snake entwined around a rod or staff is the symbol of medicine and the insignia of the American Medical Association It might also be said that a snake was responsible for the birth of Caldwell County War Memorial Hospital On a warm June night in 1945 a chicken snake found its way into a patient room of the old hospital

Needless to say the patient was terrified and the community was horrified It has been said that this event was on the national news Often times good does come from bad incidents

The burden of a new hospital was very much on the minds of members of Kiwanis Club Rotary Club Elks Club and Fiscal Court On June 14 1946 the organization which was to bring success to the effort was formed

May 22 1947 was designated as HDay Normal business activities were put aside for a one day allout fund raising effort A group of over 200 workers canvassed the city block by block and the county section by section with 7800000 pledged for the new hospital by the end of the day Gifts continued to grow to slightly over 10000000 It was the most successful fund raising event ever held in Caldwell County on any one day

Ground breaking took place on June 19 1949

Dedication services for the 39 bed hospital were held on May 14 1951 by Governor Lawrence Wetherby Bill Powell staff writer for the Paducah Sun wrote Dedication exercises for the 40000000 Caldwell County War Memorial Hospital were held today and the program included more than a modernistic redbrick building donated to serving the sick of the community

The heart of its culmination of a communitywide campaign became a national model and signposted the way to new hospitals for other small towns

Caldwell County Hospital opened at its present location May 14 1951 The first patient was Mrs Frank Wood she was transferred from the old hospital When she arrived there were 19 staff members and her

The first baby was born that same night to Mrs Albert Holeman The physician was Dr Frank Giannini

In 1953 Thomas Simmons manager of the Capitol Theater took the job as hospital administrator and held this position for 20 years

The present facility had additions in 1962 1967 and 1978

The original corporate name was Caldwell County Memorial Hospital In 1947 the word War as added In 1976 the name was expanded to Caldwell County War Memorial Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facilities Inc At the March 16 1981 meeting the Board of Directors resolved to change the name to Caldwell County Hospital

In 1998 the Governing Board entered into a management agreement with Quorum Health Resources LLC for full management services