[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 70 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      SCHEURER HOSPITAL: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY CARING

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                          HON. JAMES A. BARCIA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                           Monday, May 1, 1995
  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, this past week I was privileged to join a 
great number of people who came together to celebrate the 50th 
anniversary of the opening of Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon, MI. The many 
people in Huron County and around the western portion of the Thumb of 
Michigan who have been helped by the quality medical care provided by 
the dedicated staff at this facility over the years know a quality 
institution when they have the good fortune to be served by it.
  Scheurer Hospital is named for Dr. Clare Scheurer, a physician who in 
1944 was convinced that a new medical facility was needed for the 
people in the area who either overfilled his office, couldn't be served 
within the hours he had available for treating patients, or were too 
far away following surgery in the Bad Axe Hospital. Donations from 
friends and businesses in the area helped lead to the construction of 
the then 21-bed hospital, and its official opening on April 23, 1945. 
Mrs. C.H. Spence was the first patient admitted, and her daughter, 
Margaret, was the first baby born at the hospital.
  Over the years this facility continued to provide excellent elective 
and emergency care to patients, until it was replaced by the current 
47-bed hospital in 1971. And an expansion and modernization program in 
1985 provided more examination rooms, and an improved laboratory and 
pharmacy. This project was again heavily supported by the community 
served by this most important facility.
  Today the thousands of people who live in Scheurer Hospital's service 
area know that they can count on the 28 doctors, 40 nurses, and nearly 
170 other professionals that are part of the dedicated Scheurer team 
under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Dwight Gascho for a wide 
range of medical services including orthopedics, cardiology, nuclear 
medicine, micro eye surgery. In the hospital's last fiscal year, there 
were over 3,500 emergency room visits, nearly 5,800 redi-care visits, 
and 600 admissions.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge you and all of our colleagues to join me in 
wishing the wonderful staff of Scheurer Hospital the very best of 
wishes on their 50th anniversary.


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