We will try to provide users with relevant resources or connect researchers to appropriate channels for assistance. NOTE: Although the Rush University Medical Center Archives does not hold the institutional records of Rush Copley Medical Center, we welcome questions regarding its history. Rush Copley joined the Rush University System for Health, which comprises Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. In 2017, Rush Copley further integrated with Rush University System for Health to build on a 30-year relationship and grow clinical programs, research, education and community priorities. It became the premier regional medical center for the greater Fox Valley area, with expansion into Yorkville with Rush Copley Healthcare Center. In 1992, groundbreaking began on a new hospital, and Rush Copley Medical Center opened its current location three years later with 144 beds. By 1986, Copley Memorial Hospital was serving more than 10,000 inpatients and 50,000 outpatients each year, and when the hospital affiliated with the Rush System for Health in 1987, the hospital boasted 220 physicians. In 1980, Copley Memorial Hospital joined the academic network of Rush-Presbyterian-St. In 1976, the hospital established the Aurora Cancer Treatment Center, the Children’s Health Center and Cardiac Rehabilitation.īringing Academic Health to the Fox Valley In 1970, the East Wing opened, which made Copley Memorial a 319-bed hospital, tripling its original size. In his memory, the hospital was renamed Copley Memorial Hospital. In 1947, Copley died and left a $1 million endowment to the hospital. The South Wing was built in 1946, bringing the bed total to 200. The six-story West Wing was completed in 1932, and the hospital was renamed Copley Hospital in gratitude to Copley. Copley, newspaper publisher and philanthropist, and his wife, Edith, pledged to the project with a gift of $1 million in 1930 that guaranteed its completion. Planning for a new wing began in 1927 but was soon halted due to limited funds during the Depression. The hospital had 23 private rooms and capacity for 100 patients.Ĭopley Family Ensures New Facility Completion Opening in 1916, the new hospital was a full-scale community hospital and the American Hospital Association’s showcase - in fact, it appeared on the cover of Modern Hospital magazine. The community banded together again, raising $103,000 to construct a five-story hospital with nearly 100 beds. Five years later, the Aurora City Hospital Association realized the expanded facility wasn’t large enough to meet patient needs. In 1905, community giving made it possible to expand the hospital. In 1980, the Copley School of Nursing became part of Aurora University. In 1893, the Aurora Hospital Association established a School of Nursing. The opening of the hospital created a need for more people skilled in nursing to care for patients. Then a new Aurora City Hospital opened its doors in 1890 with eight private rooms, six ward beds for women and seven for men, and five nursery beds.Īurora Hospital Nursing School and Community-Backed Hospital Growth 12, 1886, Aurora City Hospital opened with five physicians and 12 rooms. Many years and several name changes later, that hospital became Rush Copley Medical Center. That moment, according to historical accounts, provided the motivation for local residents to open Aurora City Hospital in 1886. There was no hospital at the time, so the child was taken to the local jail. More than 130 years ago, a child was found unconscious in a play yard in Aurora. IMAGE CAPTION: Aurora City Hospital, c1918, in With the Colors from Aurora, Ill., 1917-1919, p272. 2017: Rush Copley further integrated with Rush University System for Health to build on a 30-year relationship and grow clinical programs, research, education and community priorities.1990s: Rush Copley Medical Center became the premier regional medical center for the greater Fox Valley area, with expansion into Yorkville with Rush Copley Healthcare Center.1987: Copley Memorial Hospital affiliated with the Rush System for Health.1980: Copley School of Nursing program moves to Aurora University.1980: Copley Memorial Hospital joined the academic network of Rush-Presbyterian-St.1976: Hospital established the Aurora Cancer Treatment Center, the Children’s Health Center and Cardiac Rehabilitation.Copley, who left a generous bequest upon his death. 1947: Copley Hospital is renamed Copley Memorial Hospital in memory of Ira C.1930: Hospital renamed Copley Hospital in gratitude to philanthropists Ira C.1893: Aurora Hospital Association established School of Nursing.Brief History of Rush Copley Medical Center, 1886-present:
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