History of Hospitals
El Reno Sanitarium
The El Reno Sanitarium was built by Dr. John A. Hatchett and Henry C. Shuttee in 1902. At the time of its opening there was no hospital in Western Oklahoma to meet the growing needs of such an institution. The liberal patronage it received by the people and medical profession proved the wisdom of its establishment. It maintained a Training school for Nurses and was the first hospital in the state to adopt a regular course of training and graduate a class of trained nurses. In the first twelve years the sanitarium received and treated 3,179, patients.
In 1908, an addition was built and in the next few years the institution acquired seven adjoining buildings. These were used for a maternity building, one for isolated cases, three for nurses homes, and two for maintenance and laundry.
Dr. Thomas M. Aderhold became owner and Chief of Staff in 1912. The hospital served the community until 1954 when Parkview Hospital was opened.
Catto Hospital
Dr. William Bruce Catto established a small hospital over a down town store in 1918. It consisted of seven rooms. In 1922, he bought a large two story house at 421 S. Williams. In 1923, he opened the Catto Hospital in this house. Dr. Catto operated this hospital until Park View Hospital opened in 1954 when he moved his patients to the new facility.
Parkview Hospital
Parkview Hospital, located within Adam's Park, was a short term general hospital which was owned and operated by the City of El Reno until October 1968, at which time a Trust Authority of the City took over the operation of the hospital. It had a total bed capacity of 44 beds and 10 bassinettes.
Parkview Hospital was well staffed with eight local physicians and two physicians from the City of Yukon plus several specialty consulting physicians from Oklahoma City. There were approximately 90 full time employees.
In October 1969, Parkview Hospital began providing ambulance service for El Reno and the surrounding area.
In August 1971, Parkview Hospital built an addition to house new ancillary services while striving to provide the equipment, personnel and the ultimate in comfort for the patient.