St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton, Wisconsin)

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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Ascension Northeast Wisconsin
St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton, Wisconsin)
Geography
Location Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates 44°14′52″N88°24′07″W / 44.247748°N 88.401943°W / 44.247748; -88.401943
Organization
Care system Ascension Health
Funding Non-profit hospital
Services
Emergency department Level III trauma center
Helipad Yes
Public transit access Bus-logo.svg Valley Transit
History
Opened1899
Links
Website www.affinityhealth.org/locations/St-Elizabeth-Hospital-Appleton.htm
Lists Hospitals in Wisconsin

St. Elizabeth Hospital, officially Ascension Northeast Wisconsin St. Elizabeth Hospital, is a hospital founded in 1899 that serves the south side of Appleton, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Its emergency department is a level III trauma center. [1]

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History

St. Elizabeth Hospital was founded at the behest of Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer of Green Bay. Four women from the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in St. Louis came to Appleton. The hospital the four women founded began in 1899 in an 11-room wooden house. It quickly outgrew that location. New land was purchased and a larger brick building on that site constructed in 1900. [2]

In January 2022, ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Appleton was granted a temporary injunction against St. Elizabeth and Ascension after it hired seven of the 11 members of Theda's stroke care team who had applied to St. Elizabeth and been offered better pay and hours. Theda had declined to make matching offers, saying that it could not afford to. It sought instead a 90-day period before all the workers could take their news jobs; otherwise, Theda warned, stroke care in the Fox Valley, where it is the only Level II accredited facility, could suffer in the interim and patients might have to go outside the region. [3]

The hospital and members of its staff have been charged with medical battery for wrongful death of 19-year-old Grace Schara. The court documents contain an accusation which states that hospital doctors and staff intentionally gave Ms Schara a lethal cocktail of drugs as a COVID-19 treatment. Ms Schara had Downs Syndrome and was unable to make informed consent and her parents were not allowed to deny the treatment on her behalf. [4]

Affiliations

St. Elizabeth Hospital associated with Oshkosh's Mercy Medical Center in 1995 to form the Affinity Health System, [5] which later incorporated Calumet Medical Center in 1998. [6]

The hospitals and clinics of Affinity Health System were absorbed by and began using the Ascension name beginning September 20, 2016. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Outagamie County Designated Trauma Care Facilities". Wisconsin Department of Health Services. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  2. ↑ "St. Elizabeth Hospital". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Jason (January 20, 2022). "Judge grants ThedaCare temporary injunction in stroke team case". WBAY-TV . Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Calumet Medical Center". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Mercy Medical Center". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Landmark Lawsuit Alleging Medical Battery Killed 19-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Will Go to Trial". childrenshealthdefense.org. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Wisconsin Catholic Healthcare Systems Unify as Ascension". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
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