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Description

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Welcome to St Vincent Hospital The areas first hospitalbuilt on the principles of hope charity and faith to offer a haven of care for our community Today St Vincent continues that same dedication and commitment We are the largest hospital in Green Bay and the surrounding area and are a regional medical center providing services to Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan

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History

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History of St Vincent
The history of St Vincent Hospital begins in 1888 with a letter from Bishop Frederick Katzer to the Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis in Springfield Illinois asking for their help to start a hospital in Green Bay Four sisters quickly responded

Green Bays first hospital opened on December 15th of that same year in a 23room house on Quincy Street Equipped with just one chair four beds without their springs an old cook stove and a bubbling kettle over a stone fireplace for laundry its resources were humble Yet an abundance of faith and charitable principles combined with a commitment to employing the finest medical practices of the day helped the hospital thriveand continue to grow

The spirit that built and maintained St Vincent is still carried on today by dedicated medical staff employees volunteers and benefactors who live by the creed of caring for the patient first Because of their dedication St Vincent Hospital has entered the 21st century as a thriving innovative regional health care leader offering the finest medical care of the day

1888
Four Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis come to Green Bay to open the first St Vincent Hospital a roughshod little house on Quincy Street with a single chair four brokendown bedsteads a rusty cook stove and a battered kettle in which to do laundry

1894
The Sisters purchase eight lots on South Webster Avenue for future development

1895
The new St Vincent Hospital goes up and is a building that will be a familiar piece of Green Bays landscape until 1957

1903
St Vincent goes high tech with the installation of the hospitals first elevator to transport surgery patient to patient rooms

1907
The hospital adds a chapel

19151916
A new wing with an xray and laboratory department and a new surgical department is added

1927
An addition creates space for a new laundry

1934
The main office is enlarged and remodeled and the hospitals first admittance room goes into operation

1936
The hospital adds physiotherapy to its list of specialized medicine