Claiborne Memorial Medical Center history

Committee to make survey and recommendations re: conditions existing at Homer G. Phillips Hospital 1953

Yet by 1955, following an order from St Louis Mayor Raymond Tucker that patients of any race, color, or creed living in the western part of the city must be admitted to the hospital, Homer G. Phillips was no longer an exclusively black institution.

Missouri History Museum: Genealogy and Local Index The Guardian (yearbook of Homer G. Phillips School of Nursing), 1956 The Homer G. Phillips Hospital School of Nursing was located in the city of St Louis.

In 1958, James L. Dow, owner of P. J. Noyes Co., and the community added the Dow Wing to the north of the original building.

By 1959, a new wing, provided by the funds of Mrs.

In the late 1960’s, the first steps towards consolidation happened when the psychiatric and neurological departments at Phillips moved south to City Hospital #1.

The 10-bed Weeks-Crawford Skilled Nursing Facility opened in 1968, named for Jane T. Weeks, second wife of Sinclair Weeks, and Frederick Erastus Crawford of Guildhall, father of Frederick C. Crawford, president of TRW, Inc.

Another wing was added in 1972 called the Ed and Bess Forester Wing, financed by the Forester estate.

In January, 1974, the hospital was renamed Memorial Medical Center.

In August 1979, a wide range of complex issues surrounding Homer G. Phillips Hospital prompted its closure as a full-service facility.

Central Medical Center's tribute to Black physicians of the past by Smith, TanyaCall Number: R695 C4Publication Date: 1981

In 1984 a state-of-the-art cardiac surgery facility and expanded cardiology suites were completed.

Until the facility closed entirely in 1985, Phillips operated only as an outpatient and emergency care facility.

In 1986, Memorial Health System formed Memorial HomeCare to offer a resource for a variety of durable medical equipment and professional services for patients at home.

In 1987, the hospital was no longer able to run because of bankruptcy.

To meet the community's growing need for outpatient services, Memorial and a group of private developers completed an ambulatory services development in January of 1993.

Public policy and the Black hospital by Rice, Mitchell F.Call Number: Request via MOBIUSISBN: 9780313263095Publication Date: 1994

Against the odds : Blacks in the profession of medicine in the United States / Wilbur H. Watson. by Watson, Wilbur H.Call Number: R695 .W38 1999 (Olin)ISBN: 1560003766Publication Date: 1999

The ongoing need for improved patient services required renovations and a new covered entrance to Weeks Medical Center in 2000.

Following a multi-million dollar renovation completed in 2003, Homer G. Phillips Hospital now thrives as a senior living facility.

In January 2009, our primary care network was renamed Memorial Physician Services (MPS). MPS includes over 40 physicians, 10 nurse practitioners and a physician assistant serving patients in 11 locations.