New Ulm Medical Center
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New Ulm Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital and clinic serving the region in and around Brown County
in south central Minnesota
, United States
. New Ulm Medical Center is part of the Allina Hospitals & Clinics
health care system. New Ulm Medical Center offers a variety of specialty care including orthopedics, general surgery, bariatrics, psychiatry and pediatrics.
area became apparent in 1881, when a tornado
killed more than ten people and injured several hundred. Since there was no hospital in the area, the Sisters of Christian Charity School opened their doors to treat the victims of the tornado. Father Berghold, organizer of the Catholic Church, recognized this arrangement was not an adequate long term solution and launched a community campaign to raise money to build a permanent hospital. Berghold succeeded. St. Alexander Hospital, New Ulm Medical Center's oldest ancestor, accepted its first patient on November 1, 1883.
In the following years, several moves, mergers and name changes ensued. The current New Ulm Medical Center was built in 1962.
Brown County, Minnesota
Brown County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 25,893. Its county seat is New Ulm.-Geography:...
in south central Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
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. New Ulm Medical Center is part of the Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Allina Hospitals & Clinics is network of health care providers based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Allina owns or operates 11 hospitals and more than 85 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin...
health care system. New Ulm Medical Center offers a variety of specialty care including orthopedics, general surgery, bariatrics, psychiatry and pediatrics.
History
The need for a hospital in the New Ulm, MinnesotaNew Ulm, Minnesota
New Ulm is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,522 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brown County....
area became apparent in 1881, when a tornado
1881 Minnesota tornado outbreak
The 1881 Minnesota tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that struck southern Minnesota on July 15, 1881. At least six tornadoes touched down between 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST, killing 24 people and injuring 123.-New Ulm:...
killed more than ten people and injured several hundred. Since there was no hospital in the area, the Sisters of Christian Charity School opened their doors to treat the victims of the tornado. Father Berghold, organizer of the Catholic Church, recognized this arrangement was not an adequate long term solution and launched a community campaign to raise money to build a permanent hospital. Berghold succeeded. St. Alexander Hospital, New Ulm Medical Center's oldest ancestor, accepted its first patient on November 1, 1883.
In the following years, several moves, mergers and name changes ensued. The current New Ulm Medical Center was built in 1962.