St. Joseph Healthcare is a network of hospitals and health care facilities in the greater
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Places
In Australia:
* Nashua, New South Wales
In the United States:
* Nashua, California
* Nashua, Iowa
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area, southern
New Hampshire
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and northern
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The main facility is the 208-bed St. Joseph Hospital, with satellite centers in
Milford and
Merrimack. The service is now part of
Covenant Health Systems
Covenant Health Systems is a non-profit Catholic regional health care system sponsoring hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living residences and other health and elder services throughout New England.
The company was established in 1983 by the Si ...
.
History
St. Joseph Hospital was founded in 1908 on Kinsley Street in Nashua, by Monsignor Henri Milette, pastor of the parish of St. Louis de Gonzague primarily to serve Nashua's French Canadian community. From July 1907 it was run by the
Sisters of Charity of Montreal. It is a Roman Catholic foundation, in the tradition of
St. Marguerite d'Youville. The hospital was dedicated on May 1, 1908, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.
In 1938, the parish transferred ownership to the "Grey Nuns". A new facility was constructed in 1967, and the original building demolished. In 1976 Milford Medical Center opened as a satellite facility in
Milford, New Hampshire, and the following year, another in
Merrimack. In 1996, sponsorship was transferred from the Grey Nuns to
Covenant Health Systems
Covenant Health Systems is a non-profit Catholic regional health care system sponsoring hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living residences and other health and elder services throughout New England.
The company was established in 1983 by the Si ...
, a non-profit Catholic regional health care system.
["History, Mission and Core Values", St. Joseph Hospital]
/ref> The Emergency Department at St. Joseph's underwent extensive renovation in 2014. St. Joseph's also hosts "Joseph's Closet", a program of New Hampshire Family Voices, which provides durable medical equipment free of charge to individuals in need.
St. Joseph School of Nursing
The sisters also open St. Joseph School of Nursing. The first four students graduated in 1910. The RN program was discontinued in 1963, replaced in 1964 with a Practical Nursing program which ran until 2013. In 2005, the school established an Associate of Science in Nursing degree program. Upon completion of the ASN program, graduates are eligible to take the Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.St. Joseph School of Nursing, Nashua, New Hampshire
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References
External links
Official website
"St. Joseph Hospital Workers Saluted By First Responders"
Hospital buildings completed in 1906
Hospitals in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Nashua, New Hampshire
Catholic hospitals in North America
1906 establishments in New Hampshire
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