St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center | |
Ascension Health | |
---|---|
Geography | |
Location | Saginaw, Michigan, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Hospital type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Michigan State University College of Human Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
History | |
Founded | 1875 |
Links | |
Website | stmarysofmichigan.org |
Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center is a hospital in Saginaw, Michigan. St. Mary's is a subsidiary of Ascension Health, and is a teaching affiliate of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. The American College of Surgeons verified the emergency department as a level II trauma center.[1]
In 1873, the pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in East Saginaw, Fr. Francis van der Bom, requested that the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul open a hospital in Saginaw.[2] After arriving in 1874, the Daughters of Charity opened St. Mary's Hospital in 1875. In February 1892, a new five story building was finished. In 1928, a new building was dedicated, adding an emergency room, 4 operating rooms, a medical library, and bringing the total of beds to 156. A new facility was opened in 1961, following the demolition of the 1892 building. The St. Mary's burn unit was opened in 1975. The first open heart surgery was performed at St. Mary's on Sept. 10, 1984.