A little rain didn't stop St. Mary Medical Center from celebrating 40 Years of Healing on Wednesday.
The celebration just moved indoors.
While traditional barbecue favorites including hot dogs and hamburgers were being grilled outdoors under a tent, staff gathered in the cafeteria to eat and talk about the Middletown facility that serves Bucks County and the surrounding area.
Dr. Richard Leshner, a cardiologist, has been employed at St. Mary for 27 years and is amazed at the growth.
“St. Mary used to be a community hospital. Now it is a regional hospital,” said Leshner.
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In 1973, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia founded a “city of healing” on a horse farm in rural Bucks County. That city of healing, now St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown, has gone through many changes.
A spokeswoman said 27 of the founding sisters returned for Wednesday's event, which included a Mass.
When St. Mary first opened, the only diagnostic test available was an X-ray. Now the facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology serving the 630,000 residents of Bucks County and the surrounding area.
The hospital is the home of county’s only state-certified trauma center. And its emergency department, with dedicated pediatric care, is equipped to treat more than 100,000 patients each year. In addition, the facility offers heart and vascular care, neuroscience, cancer treatment and orthopedics.
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