For over 100 years, Waverly Health Center has existed to meet the health care needs of Waverly and the surrounding area. Remarkably, it has weathered changes in ownership, changes in leadership and changes in health care rules, regulations and reimbursement to become a state-of-the-art health care facility. With the perseverance of the various hospital administrations, highly talented medical staff and the strong support of the community, Waverly Health Center has not only survived as an independent hospital, it has grown to a new level of excellence.
When Waverly had no hospital, Mr. Abraham Slimmer, Dr. W.A. Rohlf, the Sisters of Mercy and many other citizens came to the rescue to establish St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in the Slimmer residence. When those facilities became inadequate, the community rallied and built a new hospital in 1964. When the Sisters of Mercy needed to refocus their resources elsewhere, the City of Waverly and its citizens responded to the challenge to keep local health care and purchased the hospital. The rest, as they say, is history.
While other rural hospitals were closing or turning over control to larger health care systems, the hospital board and administration stood firm and weathered the tough times to keep local control of the hospital. This local control allows Waverly Health Center to make the needs of the citizens of Waverly and the surrounding area its top priority. Although some argued that maintaining independence and building the first of the hospital expansions were risky, both proved to be the right decision and direction. Dedicated administrators, board members, physicians, staff and the community continued their support and again preserved quality, local health care in Waverly.
For much of its history, Waverly Health Center was a quiet little gem. The friendly, small-town, personalized care was mainly known within the local community. Through all of the years of changes and growth, quality and personalized care remains Waverly Health Center’s strongest commitment and greatest strength.
Through times of prosperity and times of struggle, Waverly Health Center never lost sight of its mission to “provide the highest quality, patient-focused health care.” This mission will continue to lead us into the future.
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