Saint Agnes Medical Center

Description

MISSION STATEMENT

We serve together in Trinity Health
in the spirit of the Gospel
to heal body mind and spirit
to improve the health of our communities
and to steward the resources entrusted to us

VISION STATEMENT

Saint Agnes Medical Center will be THE trusted health partner in Central California through its unrelenting pursuit of excellence

CORE VALUES

Respect
Social Justice
Compassion
Care of the Poor and Underserved
Excellence

History

To fully understand Saint Agnes Medical Centers mission it is important to explain our beginnings In 1841 Father Basil Moreau founded the Sisters of the Holy Cross in LeMans France Two years later four sisters came to the United States to provide nursing and domestic services to the newly created College of Notre Dame now Notre Dame University

Over the years the Sisters expanded their service into education and nursing working in schools orphanages and hospitals in several states By the 1860s 80 Sisters of the Holy Cross had served as nurses and administrators in six US hospitals in Memphis Tennessee Louisville and Paducah Kentucky Saint Louis and Franklin Missouri Cairo and Mound City Illinois and Washington DC Holy Cross Sisters also volunteered as the first Navy nurses during the Civil War serving on the hospital ship Red Rover There they cared for up to 1400 patients including many prisoners of war

The Sisters of the Holy Cross began work in Fresno California in 1894 with the opening of a boarding and day school for girls In 1929 at the request of the local bishop nine Holy Cross Sisters established the original Saint Agnes Hospital in downtown Fresno The hospital actually opened one day earlier than planned to provide emergency surgery for a 3yearold boy

From the very beginning the medical staff was dedicated to providing the highest quality care for our patients After less than three years of operations Saint Agnes became the first Fresno hospital to be accredited by the American College of Surgeons

Over the years there have been many firsts for Saint Agnes

The original Saint Agnes hospital built in 1929 in downtown Fresno

First hospital in Fresno to introduce balloon angioplasty
First hospital with a cardiac rehabilitation program
First hospital to perform minimally invasive cardiac surgery
First hospital to use interventional neuroradiology
First to bring PET scan technology to the Valley
First to use neuro navigation in brain surgery
First hospital on West Coast to use robotic surgery in a cardiac bypass operation
First to use IMRT radiation therapy for cancer treatment

Remaining faithful to our mission Saint Agnes Medical Center will continue to seek the latest advances in medical treatment and technology to accomplish our goal of building a healthier community