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1907
 | Dr. Wayne L. Snyder opens private hospital on corner of
Jefferson and Franklin. |
1914
| Public meeting at Jefferson County Courthouse held to
discuss possibility of a hospital in Brookville. W.A. Conrad
elected chairman. |
1915
| Hospital Committee appointed: S.S.Henderson, Dr.
W.S.Fulton, R.G.Reitz, L.G.Brosius and D.L.Taylor.
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| Committee receives word that Nancy C. Neel bequests $9000
upon organization of a hospital and another $16000 upon the
death of her son. In light of this news, Judge John W. Reed
incorporates Brookville Hospital as a non-profit
corporation. |
1916
| W.J.Kuntz donates four acres on South Main Street for
hospital site. |
1917
| Campaign underway to raise $50,000 for construction of
hospital.
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| Humphrey Brick and Tile Co. offers to furnish, free of
charge, tile for the walls, partitions and floors.
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| Trustees purchase the James Dickey property adjoining the
hospital site for a nurses' home. |
1918
| Dr. Snyder enters the United States Army Medical Corps and
closes his hospital.
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| State Board of Public Charities and the Department of
Labor and Industry approve hospital plans.
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| John H. Carr wins contract for $50,000 hospital
construction.
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1919
| Dr. Wayne L. Snyder returns from World War I and reopens
his private hospital.
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| Trustees authorize remodeling of Dickey home for a nurses'
home. The same day, Gladstone Carmalt agrees to manage
$50,000 campaign to finish and equip the hospital.
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| October 23 is Hospital Tag Day. Citizens sell tags, both
on the streets and throughout the Borough.
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| S.S. Henderson donates $2000 to purchase x-ray equipment.
An operating room nurse is hired at $75.00 per month.
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| Brookville Hospital opens with 28 bed capacity. Nurses'
Training School opens on Franklin Avenue at the residence of
Wayne L. Snyder, M.D.
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| Dr. Snyder's Hospital discharges all patients. Dr. Snyder
closes his hospital and becomes a surgeon at Brookville
Hospital.
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1923
| Hospital reports operating at a gain of $745.00
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1925
| Governor Gifford Pinchot visits Brookville Hospital on an
official tour of inspection of State institutions. At the
time, he undergoes an operation at the hospital for a very
bad abscess.
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1926
| Nurses' Training School is striken from the list of
approved schools because of poor living conditions.
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| Rates are $3.00 a day for a ward bed, $4.00 for a
semi-private bed and $5.00 for a private room.
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| Brookville Hospital Auxiliary forms.
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1927
| Architect Emmett Bailey of Oil City prepares plans for new
nurses' home |
1928
| New nurses' building completed and accepted.
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| New nurses' building opens with classrooms,
demonstrations rooms, and dietetic laboratory. |
1932
| Nurses' Training School is in operation but not
accredited. |
1934
| Nurses' Training School graduates last class. |
1941
| Campaign initiated in October to raise funds for
new hospital wing.
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| Campaign is halted in December by Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor. The $15000 raised during campaign
is invested in government bonds. |
1942
| Old nurses' home is torn down and lumber is sold.
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1944
| New x-ray equipment is ordered for $3,809.20 with
money borrowed from Brookville Bank & Trust Co.
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1946
| Another campaign launches to raise $150,000 for a
new wing, $115,000 is realized.
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| To show good faith, ground is broken for the
addition to include a maternity department, a 12 bed
children's ward, two delivery rooms, two operating
rooms, an anesthesia room, a kitchen, an elevator
and a heating unit. |
1948
| "Dollars or Lives" campaign reaches
feverish pitch. Conditions are so crowded that 75%
of mothers are admitted as "hall
patients." Hospital is operating at 112% of
capacity. |
1949
| Columnist Florence Fisher Parry, a Brookville
native, gives publicity to hospital campaign in
Pittsburgh Press article at the request of surgeon
Charles Kutz, MD.
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| Two records are broken on March 28th with eight
babies (four boys, four girls) born in the hospital
between 1:10 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. plus 17 other
admissions. |
1950
| The new wing is 70% finished in March.
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| The Chamber of Commerce plants 100 flowering crab
apple trees on hospital grounds.
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| Open house held for new wing on October 14th and
15th. Over 1000 attend. |
1951
| Brookville Hospital Auxiliary opens a snack bar at
the hospital. |
1955
| The outstanding debt for the new wing is paid in
full.
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| Private rooms are $14.00 per day, semi-private are
$12.00, Ward beds are $9.00 and nursery beds are
$4.00 per day. |
1959
| First male administrator, Thomas C. Leavey assumes
his duties.
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| Vernon Taylor donates $60,000 to construct a
convalescence building. |
1963
| Along with federal funds, Ford Foundation moneys,
funds raised by the hospital and another $20,000
donation by Vernon Taylor, construction begins on
the Campbell Wing.
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| The last member of the original 1915 Board of
Trustees, Fred L. Cooley dies. |
1965
| The Campbell Wing admits first patients.
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1977
| New $680,000 surgical suite completed.
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| Warren T.
Basset named President/CEO |
1979
| Intensive Coronary Unit opens, funded mostly by a
contribution from the Brookville Hospital Auxiliary.
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1981
| Cardio Diagnostic Lab opens.
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1982
| New Era Campaign launches to raise $10,410,000 for
construction of Patient Tower. Original 1919
building fails to meet State requirements.
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| Brookville Area Home Health Care begins offering
patients care at home. |
1983
| Ophthalmology service instituted.
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1984
| Hospital purchases YAG laser.
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1985
| Five-level Patient Tower is dedicated.
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1987
| Hospital is first in Western Pennsylvania to
purchase the Argon-Dye laser.
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| Hospital purchases 800 Medical Center in Clarion.
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1988
| Hospital acquires on-site CAT scan.
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1989
| Public open house held at the Dr. David L. Miller
Medical Center, Fairmount City. The center is named
in honor of David L. Miller, MD, a physician at
Brookville Hospital for 40 years. |
1990
| Cardiac Rehab program initiated.
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| Mammography Suite opens.
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| Operating room assists with first arthroscopy
performed at the hospital. |
1991
| S. Chapa, MD is one of the first local physicians
to remove gallbladders using laparoscopic laser
surgery. Lithotripsy, a non-surgical alternative to
kidney stone removal, is made available.
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1992
| The Rehabilitation Medicine Center opens in the
lower parking lot. |
1994
| The Women's Health Suite hosts a public open
house. The Suite features six private birthing
rooms.
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| Home Health Care moves its offices to a new
building built adjacent to the Rehabilitation
Medicine Center. |
1996
| Brookville Hospital Marketing Committee takes the
decision to develop a World Wide Web site on The
Internet. |
1997
| Brookville Hospital enters the cyberspace with a
distinct web site address WWW.BROOKVILLEHOSPITAL.ORG
, the first cyber hospital in the area. |
1998
| The Sleep
Laboratory is in full operation after officially passing
state inspection. |
| Brookville Hospital
commits to providing the best in technology right here
at home. Enhanced External Counter Pulsation (ECP) now
offered at Brookville Hospital. This treatment can
improve circulation to the heart muscle. |
| Dr. Wayne S.
McKinley honored for 50 years of service to the
community of Brookville by the Jefferson County Medical
Society, Clearfield County medical Society and the
Pennsylvania Medical Society. |
| Dr. Charles Kutz
passed away July 5, 1998. Dr. Kutz served the
Brookville area for more than 40 years as a surgeon. |
1999
| Emergency
Department certified in PALS and ACLS. |
| William J. Polito
named President/CEO |
2000
| Outpatient oncology
services provided at the hospital with an affiliation
with DRMC and Hahne Regional Cancer Center. |
| Initiated acute
inpatient renal dialysis services with an affiliation
with DCI. |
| Developed a
regional Gero-Psychiatric Program in July 2000. |
| In December 2000,
upgraded our Pediatric Services. |
| Recruited a new
Radiologist. |
| An additional four
family practitioners added to medical staff. |
| A 4th full time
Emergency Room physician retained. |
2001
| Radiology
department and radiologist upgraded to offer fluoro and
angiography. |
| March 2001 – Gero-psychiatric
Program with Home Health Care component added. |
| July 2001 – First
time ever Anesthesiology on board. |
| August 2001 -
Obstetrician/Gynecologist added to active medical staff. |
| August 2001 –
Family Practitioner added to active medical staff. |
2002
2003
| January – initiated
adult diagnostic low risk cardiac catheterization |
| Structured a
cardiology affiliation with DuBois Regional Medical
Center |
| January – opened
Brookville Hospital Wound Care Center – Curative |
| Initiated a
Cardiovascular Wellness Program |
| Endocrinologist
available for referrals, one day/month at the Charles
Medical Center |
| Expanded
lithotripsy services |
| Expanded the Sleep
Disorder Laboratory into a regional service |
2004
| Robert E. Fisher
named President/CEO |
| December 31,
closure of Obstetrical Unit (maternity department) |
| Upgraded to
16-slice CT scanner |
| Enhanced
mammography suite with addition of iCAD system |
| Addition of another
Family Practitioner, Emergency Room Physician and
General Surgeon |
2005
| Planetree initiated
to develop model of healthcare focused on healing and
nurturing body, mind and Spirit. Full-time Planetree
Coordinator hired. Educational retreats held for all
medical staff and employees. |
| Celebrated 10th
Anniversary of Allegheny Health Center |
| Completed
relocation of Allegheny Health Center |
| Stereotactic Breast
Biopsy services added |
| NovaSure services
added |
| Contract with
Horizon Mental Health terminated. Total management of
Senior Transitions Unit (geropsychiatric care) assumed
by hospital. |
| PET (Positron
Emission Testing) imaging services available |
| Application for
designation of Critical Access Hospital is completed |
| Dr. Rajeev Malhotra
(Psychiatrist) is appointed as Medical Director of the
Senior Transitions Unit |
| Celebrated 20th
Anniversary of the New Patient Tower |
| Wound Care Center
closed. Wound services provided by individual physicians
in their private offices. |
2006
| January 1 -
Critical Access Hospital Designation by CMS (Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services). Inpatient beds limited
to 25, including ICU. Nine beds in Senior Transitions Unit
(geropsychiatric) not included. |
| Most semi-private
inpatient rooms converted to private |
| New outpatient
suite renovated. Endoscopy, cardiology, oncology,
physician's offices (oncology), oncology treatment and
all outpatient beds relocated. |
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