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Mt San Rafael Hospital
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Total Number Of Beds : 70
Other Facilities
- Pathology
- X-Ray
History
Mt San Rafael Hospitals History
1889 Mt San Rafael Hospitals history begins when the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati Ohio open a twostory 40bed Hospital Dr Barron Beshoar generously donates land for the site of the Hospital The Hospital is named Mt San Rafael Hospital in memory of a generous benefactor of the Catholic Church Don Rafael Chacon
1905 The first training school for nurses west of the Mississippi is opened at Mt San Rafael with five students This school is in operation until 1932
1906 An addition as large as the original building is added to the Hospital in order to admit more patients and administer better care with improved and expanded facilities
1907
About 2000 lots surrounding the hospital are purchased from Dr Beshoar for quotone dollar and other valuable considerationsquot This is to prevent houses from being built too close to the hospital
1932
The training school for nurses consolidates with Glockner Hospital in Colorado Springs and St Mary Corwin Hospital in Pueblo to form the Seton School of Nursing
1950In 19501953 a Physiotherapy Department is established in the Hospital for the treatment of
1953
In 19501953 a Physiotherapy Department is established in the Hospital for the treatment of polio cases in the area Equipment including an Iron Lung is on loan from the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis for a threeyear period
1955
A school of practical nursing education is organized through Trinidad State Junior College
1957
A major renovation is completed on the Hospital
1969
The Hospital is purchased and comes under new administration by the Trinidad Area Health Association
1971
A contract is negotiated to construct a complete new 70bed Hospital
1973
The move is completed to the new Joint Commission accredited facility
1978
A fourbed special care unit is dedicated and opened to further the hospitals capacity to administer to more seriously ill patients
1979
A 2000 pound ceramic mural created by Sister Agusta Zimmer S C of Cincinnati Ohio is mounted on the wall in the main lobby The mural depicting the history of Trinidad was constructed in pieces and shipped to the hospital from Ohio It is necessary to reinforce the wall in order to facilitate the weight of the mural
1993
In June of 1993 the last Sister of Charity to be affiliated with Mt San Rafael Hospital retires
2000Mechanical upgrades and major exterior renovations are completed
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