Delnor Hospital
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Delnor Hospital is a hospital located in Geneva, Illinois.
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[edit] History
Founded on December 19, 1908 by Dr. Raymond G. Scott, Colonial Hospital, with its nine beds, was located on Third Street in Geneva. This Greek Revival-style home , built in 1850 and known as the H.B. Wells House, also served as the home of Dr. Scott and his family.
By 1924 Geneva had outgrown the Colonial Hospital, and a community-wide fundraising effort led to the founding of Community Hospital. On February 6, 1925, eighteen patients were moved from Colonial Hospital to Fieldstone House, which had been built in 1892 by Captain Christian Bowman Dodson, which was named Community Hospital.
In 1940, a 25-bed hospital opened in St. Charles. The new facility was named Delnor Hospital after its generous benefactors Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris. This beautiful hospital featured interiors designed by nationally-known interior decorator, Dorothy Draper; while the medical areas were equipped with the most up-to-date technology of the time. Over the years, the hospital expanded to 105 beds.
In 1986, Delnor and Community Hospitals combined to form the new Delnor-Community Hospital. A new combined hospital opened on Randall Road on August 1, 1991.
[edit] Specialty Areas
Many specialty areas like Gastroenterology,Cancer treatment,Cardiology,Diagnostics, Emergency care, Nursing/rehabilitation have been expanded during the last four years. A modern wellness center is located next to the hospital for recovering patients and others.
Delnor Hospital was ranked in top hospitals in Gastroenterology in Illinois in 2006 by HealthGrades.com, a health rating agency. As with Gastroenterology, where Dr. Tarun Mullick with education and Certified advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, ERCP,EUS training from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic -both top ranked by US News & World Report, joined in 2003, Delnor Hospital has brought in hematologists Dr. Robert Bayer from Northwestern University and others to improve the quality of services in Cancer, Heart Cardiology, Diagnostics to better serve the community of Kane County and surrounding area. The Delnor Hospital Nursing program has been awarded top "Magnet award" in Illinois. Dr. Bayer and others have implemented new treatments offered in academic centers. Dr.Mullick has one year certified training in ERCP as recommended by ACG/ASGE [1] ; [2]. Dr.Mullick also serves on the editorial boards of GastroEndonews and Primary care quarterly and writes articles on the latest advancements in Gastroenterology based on his research projects on Genetics in Cancer Detection and new clinical advancements. [3].These magazines are widely read by other doctors.Like Dr.Bayer [4] and others,these doctors have helped Delnor Hospital achieve prominence in top health care for extraordinary and difficult problems which can now be treated here in Kane County,Illinois rather than being refered to the academic hospitals.
Delnor Hospital is rated in top in Heart attack care and Pneumonia care in Health and Human services data website on hospitals[5]. January,2007,Vol.48,No.1, AARP bulletin carried a major story for millions of its readers on "Dirty Hospitals" and readers were given this reference to check quality of their hospitals on HHS-Hospital Compare-A quality tool for adults,including people with Medicare. The state of Illinois and many other states in US collect this data as part of Improving Care through Information as a project Health Quality Alliance(HQA) which is contained in HHS official website. It is an excellent reliable source in the USA.Please click on the AARP reference listed below and then look for Hospitals Performance Data on the right hand side of the page.
Delnor Hospital is also the first to introduce the latest Gastroenterology techniques,treatments and use of Propofol sedative to ease Patients pain/discomfort. [6]. A new clinical technique was pioneered at Delnor Hospital . Delnor Hospital is becoming a quasi research hospital with Cancer trials. [7]. This is why many rating agencies have given Delnor Hospital top ratings in Gastroenterology, Heart Care, Pneumonia, Cancer, Radiology and other areas of health care.
