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The mission of West Branch Regional Medical Center is to provide quality healthcare services to improve the health status of the communities we serve. West Branch Regional Medical Center has undergone a multitude of revolutionary changes since its inception in 1929 as the Tolfree Memorial Hospital, but has maintained true to the ideal that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare. A local farmer, banker and lumberman, John Tolfree, made it his personal priority to bring needed healthcare services to the area after living through the deaths of two sons and a sickly wife. After petitioning the city for approval to build, the ...

The mission of West Branch Regional Medical Center is to provide quality healthcare services to improve the health status of the communities we serve. West Branch Regional Medical Center has undergone a multitude of revolutionary changes since its inception in 1929 as the Tolfree Memorial Hospital, but has maintained true to the ideal that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare. A local farmer, banker and lumberman, John Tolfree, made it his personal priority to bring needed healthcare services to the area after living through the deaths of two sons and a sickly wife. After petitioning the city for approval to build, the original Tolfree Memorial Hospital was erected on Houghton Avenue in West Branch in 1929. However, the size and needs of the community soon outgrew the available hospital beds and proved that an expansion was necessary. After much needed hospital additions were constructed in 1954, 1967 and 1976, the hospital reached a 92 bed capacity and gained significant presence in the community. The hospital had transformed from a strict acute-care facility to a well-rounded primary and secondary care facility to service the needs of the community. With these new changes came new challenges, as the community had once again outgrown the hospital capacity. In 1996, the Tolfree Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees broke ground on a brand new medical complex following a successful fundraising campaign.  The brand new medical center and the Seton Cancer Institute were opened in 1999 to accommodate growth and area needs for care. With these new additions, cancer patients no longer need to make the trip to Saginaw for help and new specialized services have been added to accommodate a growing need

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