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Coordinates: 28°00′48″N 82°46′59″W / 28.013402°N 82.783007°W / 28.013402; -82.783007
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Mease Dunedin Hospital
BayCare Health System
Map
Geography
Location601 Main Street, Dunedin, Florida, United States
Coordinates28°00′48″N 82°46′59″W / 28.013402°N 82.783007°W / 28.013402; -82.783007
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
Affiliated universityNone
Services
Beds120
Helipads
HelipadFAA LID: FA04
Aeronautical chart and airport information for FA04 at SkyVector
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 45 14 Concrete
History
Construction started1933
Opened1937
Links
Websitebaycare.org/mdh
ListsHospitals in Florida

Mease Dunedin Hospital is a 120-bed[1] hospital in Dunedin, Florida. It features an ER department, a Psychological Department under the Florida Mental Health Act, and has four floors.[2]

History

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Early history

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Dr. Jack Mease purchased a 10-acre plot of land at Milwaukee Avenue and Virginia Street from the Dunedin City Commission at the behest of Dunedin's residents who requested he build a hospital in their town during the Great Depression. Construction on Mease Dunedin Hospital began in 1933 and was completed on April 18th, 1937.[3] Most of the construction workers were Mease's own patients who worked on the hospital in order to pay off their debts.[4]

I was 35 then, and I wasn't afraid of anything. We had saved a little money, and I had some insurance and I borrowed some money. Somehow, we came up with $7,500 and, in 1933, we started to build.

We started the hospital by excavating the basement. We had a driver, a team of mules and a slip pan. Businessmen in Clearwater predicted we wouldn't even finish the basement...

— Dr. John Andrew Mease, "Mease Hospital product of a dream" (FEB 24, 1969), according to Theresa Blackwell's Pinellas History column in the St. Petersburg Times[4]

Present day

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Mease Dunedin underwent a significant expansion project from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, a new Critical Care Unit was opened at the hospital, and in 2010, the new ambulatory care unit and sterile processing department were opened. In May of 2012, the surgical operating rooms were renovated to better fit the equipment required for "complex orthopedic and spine procedures."[5] The new operating rooms were more than twice as large after the expansion.[6]

BayCare Alliant Hospital

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On March 11th 2008, the first floor of Mease Dunedin Hospital became BayCare Alliant Hospital, a 48-bed long-term acute care hospital-within-a-hospital. [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Patient & Visitor Information | Mease Dunedin Hospital". baycare.org. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  2. ^ "Mease Dunedin Hospital". Morton Plant Mease. Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  3. ^ "MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CELEBRATES ITS 75TH YEAR". Tampa Bay Times. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  4. ^ a b Blackwell, Theresa (2007-02-25). "Pinellas History - 1969: Mease Hospital product of a dream". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  5. ^ Times staff (2012-05-09). "North Pinellas health notes: Mease Dunedin Hospital celebrates 75 years". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  6. ^ Times staff (2012-06-27). "Mease Dunedin Hospital continues 75th anniversary celebration with expansion". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  7. ^ Cosdon, Christina (2008-04-11). "LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OPEN AT MEASE DUNEDIN". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
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