18, 1925 : The new Butler County Memorial Hospital officially opens.

The hospital board of trustees bought 10 acres on the summit of a hill within city limits and started a second fundraising campaign.įeb. By October, there were 2,000 Spanish flu cases in the city alone.ġ920 : The hospital board of directors and the chamber of commerce establishes a committee to raise $500,000 for a new building. Here is a look at the history of Butler Memorial from its earliest origins more than 100 years ago to Wednesday’s announcement about a planned merger with Excela Health.ġ898: After the primitive medical care in Butler County provided by midwives, folk remedies and the rare doctor, the first hospital building in Butler County was completed with money raised from a fund drive by the Ladies' Hospital Association.ġ901 : The hospital adds the nurses training school.ġ918 : The hospital faces the crisis of the 1918 influenza pandemic. The 326-bed Butler Memorial Hospital has numerous outpatient locations and more than 50 primary and specialty physician offices throughout Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango counties which make up Butler Health System.

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