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A History of
Services and Growth
O
n January 1, 2016 Floyd Valley
Healthcare revealed their new name
and logo as they look to provide quality
healthcare for the next 50 years. To arrive at
this exciting decision, discussions included
community focus groups and a review of
current statistics supporting the belief that
the bulk of work done at Floyd Valley Hospital
makes it so much more than a hospital.
While services such as inpatients stays,
obstetric services and surgery are still very
important pieces to the work Floyd Valley
provides; it was important to be inclusive of
all the many expanded opportunities offered
such as family medicine clinics, visiting
specialty clinics, therapies, home health,
assisted living and
durable medical
equipment.
Looking back through the
history, it is certainly easy
to see why Floyd Valley
Healthcare is considered
a progressive healthcare
leader in northwest Iowa.
Floyd Valley Healthcare is a piece of the healthcare
history provided in Le Mars. The Sisters of St. Francis
of Dubuque began construction of Sacred Heart
Hospital in 1921. The $350,000 project (including
the equipment) was completed and the five-story
hospital opened in 1923. The building also housed
the Sacred Heart Nursing School from 1923 – 1938.
After 43 years of dedicated service, the Sisters of
Francis turned Sacred Heart Hospital over to the City
of Le Mars. On December 1, 1966 the hospital was
renamed Floyd Valley Hospital. Services continued
in the original building. In 1972, the community
embarked on a capital campaign to build a new
hospital.
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In 1976, the hospital was moved to its current location
along Highway 3 and was constructed through $1.5
million in pledges from the residents of the Floyd
Valley service area, $.5 million in general obligation
bonds from the City of Le Mars, and $200,000 from
the federal government. Since its original structure,
the hospital has self-funded a $4 million expansion
in 1994 and another $4 million expansion in 2004.
The current expansion project has been funded with
local and federal funds in addition to the second
capital campaign in hospital history.
In 1991, the public health program merged with the
hospital to form Floyd Valley Community Health.
This department still serves Plymouth County’s needs
for public health services, but also offers community
health, home health, homemakers services and the
Healthy Families program. Home care services
help those wishing to stay in their home to receive
personal care and rehabilitation therapy.
In 1998, Park Place Estates, a beautiful, two-story, 30unit assisted living facility opened on the Floyd Valley
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