Mease Dunedin Hospital

Mease Dunedin Hospital
BayCare Health System
Geography
Location	601 Main Street, Dunedin, Florida, United States
Coordinates	28°00′48″N82°46′59″W / 28.013402°N 82.783007°W / 28.013402; -82.783007
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Affiliated university	None
Services
Beds	120
Helipads
Helipad	FAA LID: FA04 Aeronautical chart and airport information for FA04 at SkyVector
Number Length Surface ft m H1 45 14 Concrete
History
Construction started	1933
Opened	1937
Links
Website	baycare.org/mdh
Lists	Hospitals in Florida

Mease Dunedin Hospital is a 120-bed ^[1] hospital in Dunedin, Florida. It features an ER department, a Psychological Department under the Florida Mental Health Act, and has four floors. ^[2]

History

Early history

Dr. Jack Mease purchased a 10-acre plot of land at Milwaukee Avenue and Virginia Street from the Dunedin City Commission at the behest of Dunedin's residents who requested he build a hospital in their town during the Great Depression. Construction on Mease Dunedin Hospital began in 1933 and was completed on April 18, 1937. ^[3] Most of the construction workers were Mease's own patients who worked on the hospital in order to pay off their debts. ^[4]

I was 35 then, and I wasn't afraid of anything. We had saved a little money, and I had some insurance and I borrowed some money. Somehow, we came up with $7,500 and, in 1933, we started to build. We started the hospital by excavating the basement. We had a driver, a team of mules and a slip pan. Businessmen in Clearwater predicted we wouldn't even finish the basement...

— Dr. John Andrew Mease, "Mease Hospital product of a dream" (FEB 24, 1969), according to Theresa Blackwell's Pinellas History column in the St. Petersburg Times ^[4]

Present day

Mease Dunedin underwent a significant expansion project from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, a new Critical Care Unit was opened at the hospital, and in 2010, the new ambulatory care unit and sterile processing department were opened. In May 2012, the surgical operating rooms were renovated to better fit the equipment required for "complex orthopedic and spine procedures." ^[5] The new operating rooms were more than twice as large after the expansion. ^[6]

BayCare Alliant Hospital

On March 11, 2008, the first floor of Mease Dunedin Hospital became BayCare Alliant Hospital, a 48-bed long-term acute care hospital-within-a-hospital. ^[7]

References

1. "Patient & Visitor Information | Mease Dunedin Hospital". baycare.org. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
2. "Mease Dunedin Hospital". Morton Plant Mease. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
3. "MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CELEBRATES ITS 75TH YEAR". Tampa Bay Times . May 10, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
4. Blackwell, Theresa (February 25, 2007). "Pinellas History - 1969: Mease Hospital product of a dream". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
5. Times staff (May 9, 2012). "North Pinellas health notes: Mease Dunedin Hospital celebrates 75 years". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
6. Times staff (June 27, 2012). "Mease Dunedin Hospital continues 75th anniversary celebration with expansion". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
7. Cosdon, Christina (April 11, 2008). "LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OPEN AT MEASE DUNEDIN". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

External links

• Mease Dunedin Hospital HospitalCompare
• Mease Dunedin Hospital (Dunedin, FL) USA Today