Easton Hospital history

Doctor Louis Burkley became emeritus Associate in Obstetrics, having delivered more than 5,000 babies since 1921.

Dedication of the new Easton Hospital and Nurses' Home in Wilson Borough took place. (In 1952, the Nurses' Home was re-named "Meuser Hall," in honor of Fred Meuser, a Trustee and active supporter of the Hospital and its mission for many years.)

By 1968, he was the only member left of the closed medical staff at the original Easton Hospital location on Wolf Street.

His vision, together with that of Donna Mulholland, who became Chief Operating Officer in 1987, led to a program of renovation and building designed to meet the most pressing of the projected changing medical needs of the Hospital and the community.

A Cancer Clinic, fully approved by the American College of Surgeons, was established by Doctor Charles A. Waltman. It was expanded in 1988 into a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by Drs.

1990: Celebrates its 100th anniversary, with 1,300 employees.

Mid-2000: Declining revenues prompts a search for a buyer with resources to invest in the hospital.

Easton Hospital, in Easton, Pennsylvania, was purchased by CHS in 2001 for $36.8 million.

In May 2005, Easton unveiled a $30 million, 30,000 foot expansion that included a new lobby, parking deck, outpatient registration center, outpatient lab, enlarged surgery center, widened operation rooms, upgraded pharmacy, and a new gift shop and coffee stand.

2017: CHS sells it to Steward Health Care, which then was based in Boston but has since moved to Dallas.

August 2018: With rumors swirling about a possible sale, a Steward executive assures employees, doctors and the board that Easton Hospital will remain under Steward’s ownership.