Millcreek Community Hospital

History

Our History
Osteopathic medicines roots center on the belief of the body being able to heal itself This holistic approach to medicine was brought to Erie in the form of a community hospital over 50 years ago through the vision and efforts of six osteopathic physicians These founding physicians believed it was not up to the public to give them a place to work They wanted to supply the community with a place Their dream was to provide an alternative medicine to all who wanted or needed its benefits Their dream was realized on Januray 15 1950 as the Erie Osteopathic Hospital was opened The hospital was founded by Amedeo A Agresti DO Ben L Agresti DO Lloyd R Bashaw DO Richard W Cooney DO Otto A Meyn DO and H Dale Pearson DO

Our founders and first facility

The six founding physicians purchased a stone building on West Sixth street for the site of the Erie Osteopathic Hospital The hospitals services included a complete clinical laboratory major and minor operating rooms emergency room outpatient service a delivery and labor suite an eight bassinet nursery full Xray Department private and semiprivate rooms and two fivebed wards

Between 1950 and 1958 many patients were served by the growing hospital The cases recorded include 9200 patient admissions 5849 operations 1558 births and over 16000 xray cases The growing hospital was in need of additional beds and parking spaces

We moved to Peach Street in 1958

So in 1958 a tract of six and one half acres in Millcreek Township was chosen to build a larger more modern facility This site proved feasible being accessible from town and the surrounding area The modern one story hospital at 5515 Peach Street could accommodate twice as many patients and would continue to include departments in medicine surgery and obstetrics It also established a department of general practice reinforcing its commitment to a holistic approach to patient care which is the cornerstone of the osteopathic philosophy

After only five years at its new Millcreek site the publics demand for the hospitals services had overburdened the facility The Board of Trustees agreed that another fifty beds plus larger labs and xray facilities must be added As the facility expanded its support services sophisticated electronic monitoring equipment and diagnostic equipment were purchased to maintain modern medical standards

Millcreek Community Hospital emerged in 1981

Millcreek Community Hospital became a reality on May 6 1981 after 31 years of community service as Erie Osteopathic Hospital Because the hospital wanted to forge a stronger geographic identity with Millcreek Township it changed its name

Millcreek Community Hospital prides itself in its commitment to provide the best personal care possible for patients Expansion continues today with the addition of a fifth floor three story addition manor expansions and the LECOM Health and Wellness Center