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Jan. 28, 1909
First patient admitted to Allegheny Valley General Hospital located at 614 Second Avenue in Tarentum. |
Aug. 5, 1910
Hospital moves to 114West Seventh Avenue in Tarentum. |
May 1910
School of Nursing established with four students. 1911 Hospital name changed to Allegheny Valley Hospital. |
June 14, 1919
New 98-bed hospital opens at 1301 Carlisle Street in Natrona Heights section of Tarentum. |
1928
Nurses’ School building, including residence, erected next to hospital. |
Alle-Kiski Medical Center (AKMC) has a long
history of serving the community. In the past
100 years, it has grown from humble beginnings in a three-story frame dwelling on Second Avenue in Tarentum into the 250-bed medical/surgical facility on Carlisle Street in Natrona Heights that it is today.
The story of AKMC is one of community leaders, with vision and determination, responding to a critical community need. The leaders set the wheels in motion for a hospital that would grow and prosper and change with the times to meet new challenges. From the outset, the goal was to give outstanding care to people in need. That simple premise has been maintained and is the reason why the hospital today remains an icon in the Allegheny Valley. |
1958
$2 million South wing added; space for 54 new beds. |
1968
New $2.6 million wing added with space for OB, radiology, emergency and medical surgical beds. |
1974
New $2.5 million laboratory facility built between the 1958 and 1968 wings. |
1983
New $26.5 million, four-level addition is completed; includes a new lobby, emergency department, surgical and support areas, intensive and coronary care units, radiology department, progressive care unit and psychiatric services. |
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1984
New 450-car parking garage completed. |
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1990
New $4 million project to build an addition behind the 1983 building to house a new linear accelerator for the
Cancer Center is completed. |
Aug. 1, 1999
AVH becomes part of theWest Penn Allegheny Health System. |
Nov. 2000
AVH begins operation of the ambulatory and urgent care centers and Citizen’s School of Nursing at the site of the former Citizen’s General Hospital in New Kensington. |
2001
AVH adopts the name Alle-Kiski Medical Center. |
Nov. 30, 2007
AKMC breaks ground for $13 million Emergency Department Renovation and Expansion Project. |
Dr. George M. Getze, who is often referred to as the founding father of Allegheny Valley Hospital, was elected president of the Allegheny Valley General Hospital Board of Directors on January 6, 1909. Under his leadership, the first hospital site was secured, equipped and ready for business within 22 days. |
Dec. 2008
AKMC acquires Radiological Imaging a freestanding medical imaging center in Natrona Heights. |
Jan. 2009
$3.5 million newly renovated and relocated Endoscopy Suite opens at the main campus. |
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