I worked at Forest Park Hospital from August 1999 until October 2005. What a great place to work! I was a surgical technician there and that was my first job. Everyone was great! The doctors, nurses, and even the secretaries! The operating room schedule was booming! We did everything from ENT, ortho, neuro, urology, and general surgery. On occasion, I would go to the surgery center to scrub eyes and hated it! But I learned so much and now I’m scrubbing eyes at my current job and it’s been a full circle moment for me! I learned so much now and I credit it to the nurses and techs and Forest Park Hospital
I was born at Jewish Hospital, and although the business/name remains as part of Barnes Jewish Hospital, the building where I was born, and where my mom worked her whole life, is gone.
Originally Barnes Hospital and Jewish Hospital were separate entities - they were next-door to one another and part of the Washington University Medical Center. That would have been the case in 1973. They only merged later on. So for what it's worth. when your grandpa passed, it was not in a Jewish hospital.
Informative story. I worked at Deaconess Hospital from 1970 to 1972 and still know people who worked there and/or graduated from their nursing school. I have a couple of stories about Deaconess at lewcamp35.substack.com. If you want more information let me know. Thanks for your work.
Thanks. It’s pretty much the story of St. Louis. We have incredible architecture, but so much of it is being destroyed because of a lack of money to restore the buildings or corporate interests that mow it all down. Most of the buildings in the city proper are over 100 years old, but there are also sizable pockets of poverty and decay. Still, quite a bit remains, and it’s just astounding.
I worked at Forest Park Hospital from August 1999 until October 2005. What a great place to work! I was a surgical technician there and that was my first job. Everyone was great! The doctors, nurses, and even the secretaries! The operating room schedule was booming! We did everything from ENT, ortho, neuro, urology, and general surgery. On occasion, I would go to the surgery center to scrub eyes and hated it! But I learned so much and now I’m scrubbing eyes at my current job and it’s been a full circle moment for me! I learned so much now and I credit it to the nurses and techs and Forest Park Hospital
Very interesting article! I was born at Firmin Desloge Hospital in 1955. Like me, I'm happy it's still standing!
I was born at Jewish Hospital, and although the business/name remains as part of Barnes Jewish Hospital, the building where I was born, and where my mom worked her whole life, is gone.
My Catholic grandpa died at Barnes in December 1973. Until I read your article, I was unaware it had been a Jewish hospital.
Originally Barnes Hospital and Jewish Hospital were separate entities - they were next-door to one another and part of the Washington University Medical Center. That would have been the case in 1973. They only merged later on. So for what it's worth. when your grandpa passed, it was not in a Jewish hospital.
Wow, you really do know St. Louis!
I’m trying! :)
Informative story. I worked at Deaconess Hospital from 1970 to 1972 and still know people who worked there and/or graduated from their nursing school. I have a couple of stories about Deaconess at lewcamp35.substack.com. If you want more information let me know. Thanks for your work.
Thanks for reading, and for letting me know. I just took a look. Fascinating stuff. Keep telling your stories!
The design and architecture of these buildings is stunning. It's a shame so many of them got torn down over time. Thanks for sharing the history!
Thanks. It’s pretty much the story of St. Louis. We have incredible architecture, but so much of it is being destroyed because of a lack of money to restore the buildings or corporate interests that mow it all down. Most of the buildings in the city proper are over 100 years old, but there are also sizable pockets of poverty and decay. Still, quite a bit remains, and it’s just astounding.