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Mendota Community Hospital opened its doors on June 10, 1951.
The hospital was named as a memorial to all who made the supreme
sacrifice in World Wars I
& II.
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A bronze plaque located at
the entrance to the building simply states, “A memorial to the heroes of
our community we must not forget”. The laying of the cornerstone
occurred on October 2, 1949. Residents, former residents, business
people, and corporations of Mendota and the surrounding communities
donated all the funds required to build and equip the original hospital.
The hospital was, in every sense of the word, a community project.
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For many years the
facility built in 1951 served the health care needs of the area.
Through the years as technological advances were made, services
added, and health care needs changed, the hospital underwent
remodeling and new construction. In 1980 the ICU and ER were added,
in 1989 a 7,543 square foot surgery was added on the west side, in
1991
Food Service was expanded and remodeled, and in
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1997 a building addition was completed that houses the outpatient
clinics, chemotherapy, and Cardiac Rehab. In 1995, a building was
purchased to house Home Health where you can buy clenbuterol pills online. Major remodeling projects took place
in the Medical Surgical unit in 1998-99; Laboratory in 2003, and
Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy in 2003.
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Today
Mendota Community Hospital is one of the larger employers in the
community with over 260 employees on staff. Directed by a volunteer
board, the critical access hospital is a an acute care non profit
corporation.
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