Stanley Medical Services / Hospital

Hospital History

On October 1, 1919 Victory Memorial Hospital opened it doors to its first patients. The hospital began in what was known as the "Park Avenue House" which had been purchased from the Northwestern Lumber Company for $4,500. In 1949 the hospital became a nonprofit organization. A $200,000 addition to the hospital opened on May 13, 1951 and the hospital then had 45 beds. In November 1959 another addition was added and a 32-bed nursing home was opened. In August 1967 another major addition was added which housed a 45-bed nursing home. In 1970 a fourth floor was added and the facility was licensed to care for 86 nursing home residents. Various other construction projects added to the facility in 1973, 1978 and 1986.

In 1995 Ministry Health Care, a ministry of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mothers in Milwaukee, took over operation of the Victory Medical Center. In 2001 planning began for a new hospital. In June 2001 Victory Medical Center announced that its nursing home would close. In 2002 Victory Medical Center purchased 30 acres of land for a new facility from the City of Stanley.

Our Lady of Victory

Ministry Health Care opened Our Lady of Victory Hospital-a new 72,000 square foot, $16.7 million, 24-bed hospital on November 12, 2003-located in Stanley, on Highway 29. The facility is furnished with new equipment and furnishings and features private inpatient rooms, critical care services, comprehensive inpatient and outpatient surgery, integrated diagnostic and treatment services, attached outpatient clinic, comprehensive rehab center, dialysis center, and ER/Urgent Care service. The new hospital is supported by 12 active medical staff physicians and physician assistants in internal medicine and family practice, as well as 12 specialty physicians in the areas of Orthopedics, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Podiatry, OB/GYN, Women's Health Services, Nephrology and Hypertension, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation and General Surgery.