Hospital Dedication (January 11, 1905)

ID: 1801 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
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Hospital Dedication (January 11, 1905)

Although the hospital was not formally dedicated until 1905, the Daughters of Charity received their first patient on December 19, 1904, when the hospital admitted and treated a young local boy for malnutrition.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Born of an alliance of doctors, religious Sisters, and businessmen seeking to bring better medical care to Waco, Providence Hospital has been serving the community for over a century. Prior to the twentieth century, Waco’s home-based medical system…