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About Us
St Tammany Parish Hospital delivers todays lifeimproving procedures with the latest technology highest quality and the utmost care to area residents From wellness and prevention to diagnosis treatment rehabilitation and recovery the St Tammany Parish Hospital system delivers the very latest technology the most accomplished specialists and highly personalized caring staff to ensure patients and their families receive worldclass healthcare close to home

Our Mission
To serve the individuals and community of western St Tammany Parish and surrounding areas as a notforprofit hospital by providing integrated healthcare services such as education and prevention a full range of diagnostic services and both inpatient and outpatient care all of which help to ensure continued good health

Our Vision
To maintain a leadership role in assuring delivery of quality healthcare services to the community

Our Values

St Tammany Parish Hospital commits to

middot Value each patient family member physician employee and volunteer as our
customer

middot Share compassion dignity privacy and respect with patients and families in
all life stages

middot Continuously evaluate and improve delivery of safe effective care

middot Recognize the medical staffs critical role in the hospitals mission vision
and goals

middot Support teamwork collaboration and trust among employees

middot Appropriately fund technology medical care preventative care and education

middot Lead on issues that impact the wellbeing of our community

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History

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St Tammany Parish Hospital opened its doors Dec 1 1954 after an eightyear project that began in 1946 with the Womens Progressive Union of Covington speaking to churches missionary circles home economic groups farmers and sewing circles

In May 1951 under the federal HillBurton Law and Title VI of the Public Health Service Act the St Tammany Parish Police Jury voted a bond issue of 175000 coupled with 240000 in federal funding This humble beginning shows a rare time in its history when St Tammany Parish Hospital relied upon tax funding Todays STPH receives no tax funding relying entirely upon its own operations investments and the generous donors to the St Tammany Hospital Foundation

May 4 1953 members of St Tammany Parish Hospital Board of Commissioners participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the 365000 hospital This would mark the first of many groundbreaking ceremonies over the next five decades each successive project adding new capabilities and capacity to the growing hospital

The original building was nearly complete in 1954 when officials recognized the need for an operating capital drive to enable the new venture time to become selfsufficient Again the generous people of Covington showed their support raising funds and donating items to furnish several private rooms the nursery the pediatrics ward operating rooms and even landscaping for the grounds

The hospital opened Dec 1 1954 as a 30bed general hospital Its first expansion was a 15bed west wing added in 1958 A 61bed addition was constructed in 1966 and expansions have continued with each decade with the largest single expansion dubbed the Millennium Project tripling the size of the hospital in 2000

Today St Tammany Parish Hospital is the largest hospital in the parish serving the needs of its patients throughout the region with the latest technology and caring touches delivering on the promise of worldclass healthcare close to home Current expansion plans include inpatient and outpatient services designed to ensure the hospitals ability to meet its mission into the future