Midland Memorial Foundation History

1945

The Chamber of Commerce's committee recommended that a charitable non-profit corporation, to be called Midland Memorial Foundation, be formed to solicit contributions for the purpose of building and operating a hospital. Twenty-five Midland citizens were selected to serve on what is now the Board of Governors.

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1947


E.R. Andres, George T. Abell, Dr. John B. Thomas and Buddy Johnston turn the first spade of dirt on the site for the new Midland Memorial Hospital on November 1, 1947.

Funded by a private donation and a government and built on 7 acres of land donated by Mr. and Mrs. E.P Cowden and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton M Dunagan, ground was broken for the hospital in 1948.

Population of Midland County: 14,000.

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1950


Midland Memorial Hospital, a four-story 75-bed facility, opened on July 11.
Total Cost: $1,125,00
Population of Midland County: 421,713

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1955

$150,000 was raised to pay off outstanding obligations. The Midland County Commissioners Court and Midland City Council entered into long-term leases that made the financing of a new wing possible, coupled with another grant from the from the federal government. 

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1958


An air conditioned $800,000 east wing expansion brought the total beds to 150.

Population of Midland County: 50,600.

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1963


The 4th floor of the east wing was added to house surgery and intensive care. Bed Capacity increased to 178. The original hospital building was air conditioned. 

Population: 62,625. 

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1973

Phase 1 of a two-phase expansion (70,000) square feet) on the west end of the hospital was completed, housing surgery, labor and delivery, radiology, emergency room, purchasing, cafeteria, kitchen and medical records. The cost of $3.7 million was raised from private donations.

Population of Midland County: 66,400. 

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1977

Midland County Hospital District was formed to levy an ad valorem tax in Midland County to provide for Indigent and uncompensated care and capital projects for the hospital. A $10 million bond was passed and a west expansion program was started, financed by the first of only two general obligation bonds issues in the hospital's story. This bond was paid off in 1997. 

Population of Midland County: 76,200. 

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1978


Phase 2 of the west expansion was completed, adding a new maturity wing and a critical care unit, and relocating the cardiopulmonary department. Private bathrooms were added to the 1950's building by placing the plumbing on the outside of the building and covering it with a stucco façade. 

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1984


A 3rd and 4th floor were added to the west expansion providing additional medical-surgical beds and a new obstetrics floor. New business offices, admitting, lobby and staff offices were completed, a $15.1 million project. 

Total Beds: 272. 
Population of Midland County: 106,493. 

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1994


The north expansion changed the face of the hospital and added almost 100,000 square feet for surgical facilities and support services, including the emergency department, laboratory and the Testing Diagnostic Center.

Population of Midland County: 112,837

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2007

MOB Building
The new Medical Office Building opened on the north side of the main campus. This 88,000 square foot facility was financed in part by $6.5 million in private donations, and is the first high quality medical office space built on the main campus in over 30 years. It houses a variety of physician offices, including Texas Oncology's Allison Cancer Center and Permian Cardiology Associates, along with the hospital's outpatient imaging center (Diagnostic Imaging Associates, or DIA).

Planning began on a new patient tower on the north side of the campus. 

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2009

$115 million general obligation bond was passed to provide for the new patient tower, the first $100 million bond approved by Midland voters. This was matched by $62.6 million in private donations, including a $25 million contribution from Dorothy and Clarence Scharbauer, Jr.

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2012


The Dorothy and Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. Tower opened in December. The Tower included 9 floors (expandable to 10,237), large private inpatient rooms, a new energy efficient central plant, expanded the Emergency Department, new operating rooms, and a new kitchen and cafeteria. Labor and Delivery and pediatrics moved from the West campus to Scharbauer Tower. The tower was financed by a $115 million general obligation bond (only the second in the hospital's history) and $5 million in private donations. 

Population of Midland County: 136,872.

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2020


Level III NICU
The opening of the newly expanded NICU on May 5th. The hospital staff and patients began occupying and working in the newly constructed space located on the 4th floor of the Scharbauer Tower. The Director of Women's & Children's Services, Tonia Wallace, reported that the new space is everything we expected. The dream of operating a level III NICU to care for babies born as early as 24 weeks will soon be a reality and was made possible because of the generosity of our donors. Reaching Level III designation is a process that involves much more than a newly constructed space. Although the space is a key component, NICU staff members have been training for the past several years to care for neonatal patients and are hopeful to reach the designation by later this year. 

This project was fully funded by philanthropy and includes an endowment fund of over $1,000,000 to support future needs of the NICU. The transformed space consists of 1 isolation rooms, 5 private rooms, and 12 beds in three 4-bed pods. The new unit will serve the community by accommodating the needs of our youngest patients and will keep more of our families closer to home. 

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2020

New Pharmacy 
On January 15, 2020, Midland Memorial Hospital was honored to host a ribbon cutting to unveil the newly constructed pharmacy. Midland Memorial Foundation received a combined total of $3.5 million from Abell-Hanger Foundation, The Henry Foundation, and Scharbauer Foundation to support this project. Thank you to our local foundations for their generosity and support in lighting the way for healthcare in our community.

March 2022

2020

Say YES! To Healthcare - Sales Tax election
Midland County residents didn't have any problem approving a sales tax increase to help the Midland County Hospital District.

More than 70 percent of those voting in the election favored passage of a quarter-cent sales tax addition inside the city and county to be used by the hospital district to help offset anticipated federal revenue lost.

March 2022

2020

9th Floor Buildout
Since the opening of the 9th Floor Buildout on November 12, 2020, the hospital has had the ability to treat on the new floor a total of 168 patients that were all positive for COVID-19. Patient ages have ranged from 22-97. The floor has been mostly staffed with FEMA nurses and a handful of core RN staff. As an example, on December 14th the census on the floor was 40 patients (out of 48 beds). The ages of these patients ranged between 25-91 years, with most in their 60's.

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2021


Dedication of The F. Marie Hall Outpatient Center

On June 8th, Midland Health celebrated the exciting dedication and ribbon cutting of The F. Marie Hall Outpatient Center, located at Midland Memorial's former West Campus. The ribbon cutting was provided by the Midland Chamber of Commerce. Since 2003, Florence Marie Hall and the FMH Foundation have made contributions to enhance healthcare in Midland, totaling over $20 million. Ms. Hall's philanthropy has touched the hearts and souls of many throughout the region. She embraced medicine, nursing, health sciences, rural health care and rehabilitation to name a few. Midlanders continue to see her legacy live on through the FMH Foundation and the newly named F. Marie Hall Outpatient Center. The F. Marie Hall Outpatient Center will continue to house physician offices, in addition to The Lifestyle Medicine Center, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging, the MCHS Pediatric Clinic and the newly-renovated Wound Management Center, relocated from the Midland Memorial Hospital Main Campus. Much of the work of MMH could not be accomplished without the generosity of the FMH Foundation. We extend our appreciation for their commitment to the mission of Midland Memorial Hospital - leading healthcare for greater Midland.

April 2022