** MISSION **
Extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
** VISION **
The Vision of CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic, faith-based ministry, is to be a leader and advocate in creating exemplary health care services, processes, and structures that improve the health of individuals and of local and global communities so all may experience God’s healing presence and love.
** CORE VALUES **
* Dignity: Respect for the worth of every person with special concern for the
poor and underserved.
* Integrity: Honesty, justice and consistency in all relationships.
* Excellence: High standards of service and performance.
* Compassion: Service in a spirit of empathy, love and concern.
* Stewardship: Wise and just use of talents and resources in a collaborative
manner.
History Of Christus St Patrick Hospital
** History of St. Patrick Hospital **
In the early 1900s, Lake Charles, La., was the center of a growing lumber industry, yet it had no hospitals. Seeing the need for a quality medical facility, John Greene Martin, M.D., president of the local medical society, and Rev. Hubert Cramers, rector of Immaculate Conception Church, set about to provide for one.
They approached the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Galveston, Texas, for help in setting up a hospital in Lake Charles like the one the sisters had established in Galveston. When the hospital was finished, Dr. Martin, a native of Ireland, insisted that it be named after St. Patrick, the patron saint of his homeland.
The new three-story hospital was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day in 1908 as St. Patrick Sanitarium, with 50 beds, an operating room and a sterilizing room. The name was later changed to St. Patrick Hospital which has continued its tradition of dedication and quality medical care for almost 100 years.
