Illinois Valley Comm Hospital

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Name :

Illinois Valley Comm Hospital

Address  :

925 West Street

Town  :

Peru

State  :

Illinois

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

31354

Phone  :

815 223 3300

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

public.relations@ivch.org
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Immunology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Mammography(Digital)
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities
Description
Mission statement
Illinois Valley Community Hospital is dedicated to providing exceptional care through a commitment to clinical excellence and compassion for every patient every day

Vision statement
By constantly exceeding expectations Illinois Valley Community Hospital will be known as the place where patients want to receive care physicians want to practice and employees want to work

History
Our history
Illinois Valley Community Hospital and its predecessorsSt Marys Hospital and Peoples Hospitalhave a history of caring for the people of the Illinois Valley that goes back more than 100 years Heres a look at the IVCH timeline

1887St Marys Hospital in LaSalle founded by the Sisters of the Franciscan
Order of the Sacred Heart

1914Peoples Hospital opens in Peru F W Matthiessen opens the Hygienic
Institute in LaSalle

1940Construction of northeast wing to Peoples Hospital adding 12 rooms

1957Northeast addition new entrance lobby and reception area added to
Peoples Hospital

1975Merger of St Marys Hospital and Peoples Hospital announced as
Illinois Valley Community Hospital is formed

1979New 80bed wing is dedicated in Peru The St Marys building in
LaSalle is closed

1986IVCH medical office building opens across West Street from the hospital

1992Illinois Valley Adult Day Center an IVCH affiliate opens in LaSalle

199495Second story added to medical building parking garage constructed
and skybridge erected connecting the garageoffice complex to IVCH

1996Hygienic Institute enters into an affiliation agreement with IVCH

1998Hygienic Institute moves from the LaSalle building it had occupied
since 1914 into a new structure on North Chartres Street

2000Womens Health Care Center added to IVCH campus

2003East Addition project completed and opened adding a new emergency
department surgery area and admitting area to IVCH

2004Special procedures unit opens

2006IVCH Center for Physical Rehabilitation and Aquatics opens in the
Miller Building at the Illinois Valley YMCA in Peru
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