St. Cloud Regional Medical Center

Description

About Us
St Cloud Regional Medical Center is conveniently located in the heart of St Cloud Florida The modern 84bed facility offers a comprehensive medical support system including radiology cardiology laboratory pharmacy intensive care Rehabilitation Services and the Wound Healing amp Hyperbaric Center The Emergency Department serves nearly 24000 patients a year with wait times less than half the national average Two stateoftheart operating suites were added in 2009 and the hospital continues to bring specialty physicians to the community

Our Mission
The delivery of compassionate and high quality health care services that improve the quality of life for our patients physicians associates and the communities we serve

Our Vision
We will lead the hospital industry

In Quality

In Clinical Metrics

In Patient Outcomes

In Customer Service

History

History
MenuA A A Print Email Share The idea that was to become St Cloud Hospital was first conceived in 1949 by Theresa Budinger She and her husband Manny deposited all donations made to their Clock Museum in an account earmarking it as the quotHospital Fundquot The grass roots efforts continued to grow until 1957 when the City of St Cloud deeded a 10acre parcel of land to the Hospital Foundation Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in October 1957 but funding ran short and the project was put on hold As the pledges fell Carl Kiekhaefer founder of Kiekhaefer Corporation now MercuryMarine constructed the building at cost through a companyowned construction facility He contributed a great deal of his personal time and money to the project which was completed in 1962

After another two years of community support and fundraising the Catholic Diocese of St Augustine agreed to operate the hospital and administered it through the Sisters of the Order of St Joseph Finally on Thursday March 19 1964 at 230 in the afternoon St Cloud Hospital held its dedication and was officially opened with 25 beds

At 900 am March 20 1964 86yearold Frank Hinkhouse was admitted as the very first patient Mr Hinkhouse and his wife natives of Kansas had wintered in St Cloud for nearly 40 years

In 1980 Bishop Thomas J Grady of the Orlando Diocese transferred ownership to St Cloud Hospital Inc a private notforprofit corporation A community Board of Trustees was selected to oversee the direction of the hospital for the good of the community

In December 1981 St Cloud Hospital completed a major expansion and twostory addition with 38000 square feet of space The expansion added 41 beds In September 1983 St Cloud Hospital opened a new surgical suite including a new urological room expanded recovery room and a stateoftheart central supply system

St Cloud Hospital completed another 65 million expansion program in 1988 opening a new outpatient wing with 16 beds for pre and postoperative care The new wing featured private rooms

In February 2006 St Cloud Hospital joined Health Management Associates Inc of Naples Florida and became St Cloud Regional Medical Center Since that time the facility has embarked on over 13 million of capital improvements including two brand new smart Operating Room suites exhaustive renovations and the upgradereplacement of key patient care equipment

Today St Cloud Regional Medical Center is a modern stateoftheart acute care facility that is focused on meeting the needs of St Cloud and growing along with the community