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new building with 60 beds, laboratory space, and cardiac care facilities north of E Jefferson St., directly behind the existing hospital. By 2015 the expansion plan had grown to a 4-phase proposal to occur over several decades. Groundbreaking for phase one, a children's hospital pavilion at Avenue B and E Jefferson St., began in 2016.
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October 18, 1902, marking St. Luke's Day. Originally a 6-bed facility in a converted 2-story house at the corner of 1st and Bannock Streets, the hospital immediately began to expand with construction of a contagious disease annex. The hospital opened December 8, 1902, and it featured a dining
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Bannock Sts. In 1999 a new children's hospital was dedicated in existing buildings at the site. The hospital also opened a large parking garage at the site.
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196:. The hospital is part of St. Luke's, a regional healthcare system with six hospitals and more than 200 clinics staffed by roughly 14,000 employees. In 2017 the system received over 55,000 hospital admissions.
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