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Caldwell Memorial Hospital

321 Mulberry Street
828-757-5100

About Us

Caldwell Memorial Hospital is proud to bring the best in healthcare close to home for the people of Caldwell County. During our 55 years, we have continued to grow and change in order to better meet the needs of the communities we serve with the quality you trust and the caring you deserve. Our mission is to provide safe, effective, compassionate care and to promote healthy lifestyles to our community. Approximately 100 specialists and physicians, backed by more than 700 support staff, comprise a medical community devoted to improving quality of life in our county.

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Incorporated (CMH) is the private, not-for-profit, community hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina. Divisions of Caldwell Memorial Hospital include: The Allene Broyhill Stevens Heilman Radiation Oncology Center; The Alvin W. Daughtridge Arthritis Clinic; The Ambulatory Infusion Center; Caldwell Acute Care Specialists; Caldwell FamilyCare Center; Caldwell Internal Medicine; Caldwell Urology Associates; The Center for Breast Health; The Center for Diabetes Health; The Center for Joint Care; The Falls Medical Park; Foothills Lymphedema Treatment Center; The George M. Hancock Surgery Center; Main Street Medical Park; Mulberry Pediatrics; The Pain Management Center; Quest4Life Rehabilitation Services; The Quest4Life Wellness Center; Southfork Medical Park; Westpointe Medical Practice and The William E. Stevens, Jr. Cancer Care Center. Hallmark Family Physicians is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caldwell Memorial Hospital.

History:

In December 1945, a group of concerned citizens of Caldwell County organized themselves into a non-profit corporation to be known as Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Incorporated. for the purpose of building an acute general hospital for the local citizenry. These individuals became the incorporators and, after the charter was received, they became the original Board of Trustees.

Campaigns were then conducted to raise the local money necessary for participation in state and federal funding. The building began in 1949 and the hospital received its first patient on January 1, 1951. Caldwell Memorial had a beginning Medical Staff of 17 members that were appointed by the Board of Trustees.

During the years, a number of renovations have been made and services added including Radiation Oncology, Computer-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery, Digital Mammography, Fixed Cardiac Catheterization, MRI, Inpatient Dialysis, 24-hour Emergency Services, Cardio-pulmonary; Laboratory; Diagnostic Imaging and Physical Therapy.

Awards:

Employer of the Year by the ESC, 1998 and 1999
Komen Race for the Cure Sponsor
Juvenile Diabetes Sponsor
March of Dimes Sponsor and a top fund raiser
United Way participation awards.