A Wonderful Visit to Milwaukee & Aurora Sinai Medical Center

Aurora Sinai Medical Center - Milestones :

1850 : William Passavant , a Lutheran minister and hospital founder who had recently opened a church hospital in Pittsburgh , made a trip to Milwuakee and met with Johannes Muehlhauser, a local German minister to discuss the need for a hospital in the 4 year old city.

1855 : Passavant made the 1st donation for the hospital when he enclosed a dollar in a letter he sent to the congregation in Milwuakee urging them to add as quickly as possible so that it would grow into adequate hospital fund.

1863 : The official opening of Milwuakee ( Lutheran ) hopital on August 3,1863.Donations of furniture and livestock were made and soon the hospital had its own horse , eight cows , several pigs , and a new chicken house.

1863 : 1st recorded pt in the hospital : A Norwaegian sailor suffered from tuberculosis.

1863 : 1st leader of the Deaconess nurses arrived to take charge of the care at the Milwuaee hospital: Sister Barbara Kaag a native of Wurtemberg.

1903 : Mount Sinai hospial was established by the efforts of Rabbi Caro and the Federated Jewish Charities to serve Milwuakee's Jewish citizens.

1910 : Evangelical Deaconess hospital was established by a group of German-speaking parishioners in Milwuakee.

1980 : Lutheran hospital and Deaconess hospital were merged to form the new Good Samaritan Medical Center.

1988 : The new Good Samaritan Medical Center and the Mount Sinai Medical Center merged to form the new Sinai Samaritan Medical Center managed by Aurora Health Care Inc.

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Source : A Tradition of Caring : The history of Milwuakee's three primary service hospitals - Lutheran , Mount Sinai and Evangelical Deaconess, by Ellen Langill - ( A nice gift from my good friend Dr.Taha ).

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