Jamestown Hospital

Description

MISSION
Our mission is to compassionately revolutionize healthcare in the heartland

VISION
Jamestown Hospital will be the best rural hospital in the United States

CORE VALUES
We will meet our mission and vision by committing to these core values
Accountability

Taking responsibility for our thoughts words and actions and the resources
entrusted to us

Compassion
Caring for and being attentive to the needs of each individual

Respect
Knowing it is our greatest privilege to serve those in need

Excellence
Striving to exceed all expectations guided by the highest
standards

Integrity
Committing to the highest level of ethical conduct

Innovation
Leading the region in revolutionary healthcare

Unity
Fostering amongst ourselves a sense of pride and mutual respect in the
shared goal to improve quality of life for all
Jamestown Hospital was opened in 1935 by community leaders dedicated to
provide the finest possible care to Stutsman county and the surrounding
region Todays Jamestown Hospital is a nationally recognized modern fully
equipped and professionally staffed 56bed facility that serves as the hub
for a system of dedicated health care providers

It Starts With Personal CommunityBased Care
No one wants to be ill but when you are you seek help from people in
your community who genuinely care about you At Jamestown Hospital we
pride ourselves on providing very personal attention Our community is
closeknit our style of care reflects that our patients are also our
friends neighbors and even our relatives Day after day year after year
we provide comfort and quick response with the care you need right here at
home Its a way of caring for people you rarely see in big cities Its
care done the Jamestown way

Theres No Substitute for the Best Tools
Jamestown Hospital has always kept up with advances in medial technology
and in some cases weve actually pioneered the use of advanced techniques
and equipment We offer the bestavailable equipment in our modern
mammography suite and radiology department our centrally located kidney
dialysis unit our fully equipped cardiac rehabilitation center and in our
broad range of inpatient and outpatient services

Working Together to Provide the Best Care Possible
Your health care team at Jamestown Hospital includes doctors nurses
dieticians radiologists therapists and others all focused on speeding
your recovery and making your stay as comfortable as possible Throughout
our history Jamestown Hospital has worked hard to provide more health care
options for our community

History

Hospital History
Reverend WWA Keller Lutheran Pastor and the first board of directors sold bonds as the Lutheran Charities Association of Central North Dakota Gilbert Horton was hired as the design architect Ground was broken on October 1 1928

The photo on the right is the placement of the cornerstone on Wednesday October 30 1929 by Board Chairman WWA Keller It was estimated that between 1200 and 1500 people attended This was one day after a dramatic Wall Street drop Construction was slowed to allow for further fund raising

Due to the perserverance of Reverend Keller and his board of trustees some of whom are listed here Reverend Joseph Johnson Mr A Johnson Mr F G Koehn Mr JG Bunge Reverend Ernst Mr E Frey Mr A FoeschMr Ben Gilbertson and Mr F Koehn the north wing of the main building opened six years later on September 25 1935

In 1943 the second wing of the core building was completed giving a capacity of 76 beds and in 1952 the ground floor of this new wing was finished providing housing facilities for the nurses training program carried on under the auspices of Jamestown College

The South wing addition campaign began in 1950 to provide educational departments and other offices that were on the first floor at that time The addition was completed 1952 and the first floor was remodeled for patients

In January 1964 a second floor of the south addition was completed for intensive care and postoperative beds The hospital was growing but the community did not realize how suddenly Jamestown Hospital would have to change its role On May 14 1965 Trinity Hospital announced it would close On March 1 1966 Trinity locked its doors and the remaining equipment and patients were moved to Jamestown Hospital The new arrangement gave the community a facility with 127 beds Nine months later Jamestown Hospital agreed to serve as a teaching hospital for students at North Dakota State School of Science A 12month practical nursing program began here on December 26 1966

Hospital employees and the board broke ground for the east wing addition of the complex on June 29 1967 When completed the wing housed new surgery units emergency rooms central supply xray and storage In 1970 a fouryear program of renovating and new construction to complete the east wing was completed

In August 1999 citing a serious need for better and more accessible outpatient care Jamestown Hospital broke ground for an addition to the front of the hospital This 5 million outpatient project was completed in July 2001 along with a 2 million update to mechanical systems that included new boilers new generator and an additional air cooling system

From 2001 to 2007 more parking was made available by removing houses on hospital property and renovations to the sterilization area of the Central Supply environment were completed Minor changes to the laboratory area provided more patient privacy and better utilization of workspace

Plans for a new medical center located on the west side of Jamestown just off the I 94 freeway were launched in the fall of 2008