Winter Haven Hospital

Details

Name :

Winter Haven Hospital

Address  :

200 Avenue F Ne

Town  :

Winter Haven

State  :

Florida

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

33881

Phone  :

863 293 1121

Web URL  :

Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 527

Other Facilities

  • CT/MRI

Description

Mission Statement
quotTo improve the health of the people we serve by providing the highest quality and most effective care and services and to return value to the people in our communitiesquot


History

PRESENT FOR THE DEDICATION of the Winter Haven Hospital when it moved to southwest Seventh Street in September 1928 were physicians and a group of community leaders representing every local civic and fraternal organization

The original building was located on Northeast Avenue C

Frye James Keefe O P Warren O R Lindstrom Roy Wilkerson George Sampson Harry King Jay Stull Dr R E Gilbert Hart McKillop Dr Sherman Mrs Charles Worden Al Newman Frank Pierce Dr W T Simpson K E Bragdon Dr R H Mooty O C Stanley Dr O R Alexander Dr F E Irons and Glenn D Gerke

1926
Winter Haven Hospital founded charter

1930
Original hospital moved from Avenue C NE to 223 7th Street

1937
New Hospital facility built on current Lake Martha site

1953 56 61
Major capital campaigns

1967
NineStory quotSwannquot building completed

1968
First hospital based community mental health center in US established

1972
quotStreetquot building completed

1975
quotArnoldquot building completed EDASU

1978
Cancer treatment center completed

1983
MidFlorida Medical Services Chartered

1987
Regency Medical Center womans hospital completed

1990
quotSweetquot Center complex completed multipurpose office space

1991
Establishment of MidFlorida Rehab Center
First nationally accredited comprehensive physical rehab center in polk county

1995
Winter Haven Hospital acquires quotGill Jonesquot campus 40000 sq ft multipurpose office complex

1999
New Winter Haven Hospital Emergency Department completed

1999
New Winter Haven Hospital Ambulatory Surgery and Diagnostic Center completed

2000
MidFlorida Medical Services 2500 employees 5th largest employer in Polk County

2001
Winter Haven Hospital celebrates 75 years of service

2001
Winter Haven Hospital Shands Healthcare and the Unversity of Florida College of Medicine implement health service partnership

2003
Winter Haven Hospital 527 total licensed beds

2003
Winter Haven Hospital completes agreement with the University of Florida College of Medicine to manage and staff our Emergency Services Department

2005
Winter Haven Hospital establishes Bostick Heart Center

2006
Winter Haven Hospital receives JCAHO designation as a Stroke Center
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