Our history—1960s highlights

1969 highlights:

• Hospital is remodeled, the west wing is completed, and the bed capacity becomes 147.
• Pharmacy is expanded.

1968 highlights:

• Ralph Mead is named third administrator.
• Hospital opens west wing, which is larger than the original hospital and expands patient beds to 155 at a cost of $1.6 million.

1967 highlights:

• Hospital budget exceeds $1 million.
• CMH collaborates with the American Cancer Society to establish cancer registry.
• Crash Cart is developed.

1966 highlights:

• George West is named second administrator.
• Hospital remodeling and expansion begins.

1965 highlights:

• First open-heart massage is performed. Guild then donates cardiac defibrillator.

1964 highlights:

• County passes $650,000 bond issue for improvements.

1963 highlights:

• A census reveals that each day an average of 76 adult patients visit the hospital, and an average of 12 babies are born.
• Medical occupancy is 100 percent, surgical occupancy is 102 percent and the cost per patient per day is $25.47.

1962 highlights:

• Hospital installs first televisions for patients.

1961 highlights:

• Ten years after opening, the hospital has treated more than 98,000 people from 85 Ohio towns, 17 Ohio counties and 10 states.

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