Mobile Infirmary Medical Center

Name :

Mobile Infirmary Medical Center

Address  :

5 Mobile Infirmary Circle

Town  :

Mobile

State  :

Alabama

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

36607

Phone  :

251 435 2400

Web URL  :


Description

About us
Celebrating our centennial in 2010 Mobile Infirmary is the largest hospital in south Alabama A leader in healthcare and technology we are renowned for cardiovascular care and our bariatric center of excellence

With two da Vinci Surgical robots and an affiliation with USA Mitchell Cancer Institute Mobile Infirmary offers advanced methods of cancer diagnosis and treatment

Our 704bed hospital including the 50bed JL BedsoleRotary Rehabilitation Hospital is the largest nongovernmental notforprofit hospital in Alabama and remains the cornerstone of Infirmary Health System Performing more than 24000 surgeries annually we are the second largest surgical hospital in Alabama

The combination of compassionate care highlytrained professionals stateoftheart equipment and technology makes our hospital the FIRST CHOICE for healthcare in the region

Our Mission
Our Mission is LIFE

Our Vision
The FIRST CHOICE for health care in our region

Our Values
Leadership

Integrity

Family

Exellent service


History

History
Augusta Evans Wilson achieved fame nationally as a writer in the late 1800s but citizens of Mobile would remember her work in the community Along with a group of other prominent Mobile leaders she is credited for the founding of Mobile Infirmary

At the turn of the century Wilson led a series of fundraising eventsfrom pencil sales to craft bazaars and sewing circlesalong with a 50000 bond issu to finance construction of a hospital

On Oct 21 1910 the original Mobile Infirmary opened at Ann Street on the north side of Springhill Avenue The facility had 32 beds an operating room and a laboratory Financially supported in part by the volunteer work of a small group of dedicated women the first hospital served Mobilians for 42 years

The need for additional facilities became increasingly evident during World War II Church and synagogue leaders doctors and other community members united to raise 2 million for a new Mobile Infirmary In 1952 a 285bed hospital opened on the 80acre site of the old Oak Hill Golf Course Eight years later a school of nursing was built directly across from the hospital

A century later the 704bed Mobile Infirmary Medical Center stands as the cornerstone of Infirmary Health System The hospital remains the regions healthcare leader with groundbreaking innovations in technology medical services and 100 years of healing With more that 2500 employees and some 700 physicians on staff it is the largest notforprofit hospital in Alabama
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