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Description

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About Us
Mercy Medical CenterNew Hampton a member of Mercy Health Network is licensed for 18 beds and has 20000 outpatient visits each year Located in New Hampton Iowa Mercy serves 17000 residents in and around Chickasaw County

Mercy Medical CenterNew Hampton offers a full range of services in an inpatient and outpatient setting as well as 24 hour emergency care surgical services obstetrics and family health therapy and rehabilitation diagnostic services home health and hospice Mercy also offers convenient access to 17 different specialties from a 55 member medical staff

Mercy is on the cutting edge of technology offering stateoftheart equipment in areas such as mammography ultrasound CT scanning laboratory services and surgery In addition Mercy is a pioneer in telemedicine and was one of eight sites in Iowa to first give patients access to specialists in remote locations with the use of twoway interactive video equipment

Mission
The Mission of Mercy Medical Center New Hampton is to enhance the health status of people we serve by ensuring access to excellent health services provided in a Christian atmosphere

Vision
We strive to be the health care facility of choice by providing an environment of healing and excellence through caring and skilled staff modern technology and strong community partnerships

Values
Compassion
Respect
Concern for those who are poor
Excellence
Stewardship

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History

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Mercy Celebrates Many Years of Community Partnership
quotThe first effective move toward the establishment of a hospital in our small town was made by a humble nun Whenever pain is relieved whenever an untimely death is prevented whenever a human soul is rescued from perplexity and despair whenever good is done in our hospital Sister Mary Antonea merits our appreciationquot

Sister Mary Antonea taught music to the children of New Hampton including the children of Dr Nicholas Schilling In January 1915 Sister Mary Antonea introduced Dr Schilling to Sister Leonarda who was President of the Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost Through their vision the dream of a hospital for New Hampton was born

Why do we celebrate on May 4th
On May 4 1915 Sister Leonarda and Sister Borromea met with a number of business and professional people at St Marys school and discussed the possibility of the Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost building and running a hospital in New Hampton The meeting was a fruitful one The agreement written and signed that day was a onepage document consisting of less than 250 words If the citizens of New Hampton could raise 16000 and obtain suitable land to build a hospital the Sisters of the Holy Ghost would quot commence the erection of said Hospital as soon as the plans are completed and proceed until same is completed without interruption except as to unforeseen obstaclesquot

By April 21 1916 less than a year later more than 15000 had been raised

Bricks amp Mortar
The building of the hospital was completed and on January 8th 1917 the first Sisters arrived in New Hampton to staff the hospital Later that month they wrote the first letter to their Sisters in Techny describing their reception in New Hampton

quotThis is the first hospital here in town The joy and interest of the people are rather great Young and old poor and rich they are all coming to see the hospital Even five year olds are asking if they could come to see the hospital We marvel above all at the neverending sacrifices of the people They collected money for the last five years and now since we are here the peoples zeal is like a new awakening Now they can bring the sick to their own hospital and all sacrifices have become easy for them quot

quotOne day a five year old girl came with a one dollar bill The following Sunday she returned to find out what the Sisters had bought with the moneyquot

Subsequent Building Projects
1949 Laundry was added to original structure This addition remains today

1967 Our current hospital was constructed

1979 Health Education Center was added

1983 Critical Care Unit Added

1996 Imaging Suite Added

2004 Expansion and Renovation project completed which included
A new building to house the emergency room operating rooms and outpatient
clinic area

Converting the former operating rooms into medical records radiology and
new waiting areas

Renovating the nurses station

Converting the former specialty clinic north circle into therapy services

Updating the east wing for patient rooms

Renovating the laboratory

Converting the old lobby into the obstetrics department

Renovating office spaces

Our Mission Begins
On May 4 1915 a contract to provide a hospital in New Hampton was signed sealing a relationship between the Sisters of the Holy Ghost and the Citizens of New Hampton and surrounding area

Less than two years later on January 12 1917 the building was formally dedicated by His Excellency the Most Reverend Archbishop Keene

St Joseph Community Hospital was officially opened on February 6 1917 Sister Patricia Wegmann carried out the responsibility and duties as the first quotSisterinChargequot or Administrator

In 1990 the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters passed the torch of leadership of St Joseph Community Hospital to the Religious Sisters of Mercy Under the leadership of Mercy Health Services St Josephs benefitted from being affiliated with a global organization as well as a member of a network of hospitals in North Iowa In July 1999 St Joseph Community Hospital officially changed its name to Mercy Medical Center New Hampton With the same name and mission as the other six member hospitals in Iowa we have become stronger in our quest to serve our communities as a premier intergrated system across the state

Service to the sick and the injured to those being born into the world and to those departing from this life has continued uninterrupted from then until now Even though significant change has occurred since we were established over 82 years ago our humble beginnings have persevered and rich traditions continue to be a part of the daily routine at Mercy Medical Center

The Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost
The Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost came into being as a religious congregation on December 8 1889 in Steyl Holland The first Sisters of the Holy Ghost came to the United States on May 11 1901 under the leadership of Mother Leonarda Lentrup and settled in Techny Illinois where they established a home for the elderly and a retreat center

The Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost are known today as Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters Over the years many of the Sisters have contributed to the ministry of the sick at St Joseph Community Hospital

Many of our current staff members have had the opportunity to work side by side with the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters Friendships were formed and common experiences are fondly remembered There are many conversations among staff recalling days past quotWhen the nuns were herequot