CAPE GIRARDEAU – Today, Saint Francis Healthcare System marks 150 years of service to Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, along with the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, will hold a commemorative ribbon cutting at noon today, Thursday, July 31, in the Healing Garden on the Saint Francis Medical Center campus.
The ribbon cutting will take place in front of Saint Francis’ historic Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in the Healing Garden.
Justin Davison, president and CEO of the Saint Francis Healthcare System, will offer insights on Saint Francis’ founding to the future healthcare vision of Saint Francis. According to CEO Davison, what began in a 12-room, two-story home on Themis Street in Cape Girardeau has grown into a 306-bed tertiary care hospital, with more than 400 providers serving 29 counties in the heartland of America.
Saint Francis Healthcare System is guided by its mission to provide a ministry of healing, wellness, quality and love inspired by our faith in Jesus Christ. Founded by Franciscan Sisters in 1875, he added that the hospital’s priority remains the same — to serve all who enter with dignity, compassion and joy.
Anchored by Saint Francis Medical Center, a 306-bed tertiary hospital, and supported by more than 3,000 employees and more than 400 providers in 10 communities. The Healthcare System is a driving economic force in the region.
Major services include the Cancer Institute, Emergency and Level III Trauma Center, Family Birthplace and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Heart Hospital, Neurosciences and Orthopedics.
