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Jewish Hospital
4:30 am
Thu May 16, 2013

The 'Bittersweet Progress' Of The Demolition Of St. Louis' Old Jewish Hospital

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Credit (Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio)
A menorah marks the entrance to the main building of the Jewish Hospital complex at 216 S. Kingshighway.
Credit (Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio)
A group of OB-GYN nurses, including Karen Schmidt (right rear, facing away), listen to the speakers at a Jewish Hospital reunion.
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The original Jewish Hospital, at 5145 Delmar Blvd. Workers laid the cornerstone on May 16, 1901.
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An artist's rendering of the new Jewish Hospital on Kingshighway, which was dedicated on May 16, 1927. This is one of three buildings that will be demolished.
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This rendering shows plans for the 1960s expansion of the campus.
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On May 16, 1901, workers laid the cornerstone for a new hospital committed to caring for the St. Louis Jewish community when other institutions wouldn’t.

Exactly 26 years later, on May 16, 1927, officials gathered to dedicate the first building of a new Jewish Hospital at the corner of Kingshighway and Forest Park. The complex would eventually become part of Barnes-Jewish Hospital following a 1995 merger.

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Emergency psychiatric care
3:13 pm
Mon July 18, 2011

BJC, SSM working to re-open emergency psychiatric services

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The Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center on Delmar Blvd. in St. Louis.

Almost exactly a year ago, the state of Missouri shuttered the emergency room at the Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center because of cost overruns.

Now, officials with BJC and SSM - two of the largest health care systems in the state - say by the end of October, they hope to replace at least some of that capacity.

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