** Mission Statement & Vision **
* Our Mission
We have educated our minds to work skillfully with our hands, because of a desire in our hearts to help those we serve.
* Our Vision
Haskell County Healthcare System is committed to providing personalized community-based health care services which excel in care and quality.
* Our Values
* Caring and compassion
* Human dignity and individuality
* Integrity in all relationships and dealings
* Excellence in clinical and service quality
* Teamwork and trust
* Mutual respect and recognition
* Responsible resource management
History Of Haskell County Community Hospital
** Our History **
As early as 1949, the desire for a hospital in Haskell county formed because of the distance to other hospitals. In December of 1949, a county-wide meeting was held at the courthouse to determine the need for a county hospital.
With financial assistance from the government in the form of the Hillburton Bill made possible by President Truman, the people of Haskell county voted in 1959 on a bond issue for the remaining expense of building a hospital. With an overwhelming majority of 93% of the votes, the bond was approved. $200,000 was to be raised by the selling of bonds with a match by the federal government for the same amount if approved.
The Stigler city manager and county commissioners worked together to prepare plans to present to the State Department of Health. In October of 1960, a telegram was received from Washington D.C. approving the hospital. Once approved, many organizations within Haskell county held fund raisers to help get the hospital off to a good start, among these was the Haskell County Hospital Auxiliary, which was formed in April, 1961. The women of the Auxiliary worked very hard to get the hospital ready to open.
In August, 1961, the native stone Haskell County Hospital building was completed at the corner of ‘H’ and 5th streets in Stigler. The hospital provides heath care for all Haskell County and parts of Leflore, McIntosh, and Muskogee counties and is supported by tax levies paid by residents of Haskell County. To offer the most up-to-date medical care available, the addition of the east wing was constructed in 1964 providing additional beds bringing the total to 40.
In 1996, Stigler Medical Clinic joined Haskell County Healthcare System (HCHS). The Rural Health Clinic was added to HCHS in 1995 and is housed with the Specialty Clinic which was added in 2005.
Haskell County Healthcare System is a non-profit organization directed by a seven member local Board of Directors who are publicly elected for varying terms to maintain continuity. In late 2004, the Board of Directors was changed from a county management team to a joint effort of both the county and city of Stigler. By doing this, Haskell County Healthcare System has enabled itself to be eligible for more grants only available to city organizations. HCHS is staffed by an Internal Medicine physician, a General Surgeon, Physician Assistants, and a C.R.N.A. Also affiliated with HCHS are three Family Practice physicians and a Cardiologist.
Haskell County Hospital is well staffed, with most nurses ACLS and trauma certified. We have three monitored beds and two surgery suites that provide both inpatient and outpatient same-day surgeries. We are a Level IV trauma hospital in the Oklahoma Trauma System with 24-hour emergency department coverage, and medical evacuation to tertiary care centers by both ground and air ambulance services.
While Haskell County Healthcare System facilities have evolved with the changing times since 1961, the focus has always been providing quality medical care to the people of Haskell County and surrounding areas. Doing so remains HCHS’s mission today.
