历史 of Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda校园
The origin of Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda校园, formerly known as Towanda Memorial Hospital, dates back to 1925 when Mrs. 种脐C. Mills opened the Mills Maternity and Convalescent 首页 located on South Main Street in Towanda. In 1959, Memorial Hospital, Inc. of Towanda was incorporated and moved to its present location at 91 Hospital Drive.
In 1969, the hospital expanded to include an obstetrical suite, x光部门, 病房翼, and an emergency room. In 1974 a four-bed coronary intensive care unit was completed. A new 43-bed Skilled Nursing Care Facility was added to the hospital in 1975. Another expansion project in 1986 provided new facilities for the emergency, 手术, cardiac/intensive care, physical therapy and central sterile supply departments.
In 1996, the hospital completed construction of a Maternity Center, medical/surgical nurse’s station, 礼品商店, and expanded facilities of the Skilled Nursing Unit. A 个人护理院 was constructed on the hospital campus in 1999. Improvements and expansions continued in 2000-2001 with the addition of a Spiral CT scanner in the Radiology Department, an outpatient dialysis unit, an Outpatient Therapy Clinic featuring physical, 职业, speech and massage therapies, a new 10-bed Same Day Surgery suite, and an expanded emergency department.
In 2003, the hospital completed construction for a new 20-bed Skilled Nursing Unit. This construction also expanded areas for cardiopulmonary services, a sleep studies suite and other services. A new Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Center was constructed adjacent to the emergency department in 2003. In 2004, the radiology department was renovated and a permanent MRI was added to become the hospital’s Imaging Center, 献给博士. 查尔斯·R. 乌尔夫. A new medical/surgical wing and new Outpatient Therapy Clinic opened in October 2006 with additional renovations and improvements continuing.
In the spring of 2008, the Board of Trustees responded to the community’s need for more physicians by establishing Community Health Associates LLC, a new company that provides another employment choice for physicians to come into our area and provide health care services. A new three-story facility opened in January 2014 to accommodate an expansion of the 个人护理院 as well as provide office space for the growing Community Health Associates LLC physician group. 2021年1月, the facility became a satellite campus of Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, located 17 miles north in Sayre, Pa.