Parkview Osteopathic Hospital in Toledo

It was down pretty much across from the museum. I spent a bit of time in the ER more then once as a kid with twisted ankles and wrists.
It was a pretty small hospital, I have no idea what if anything its being used for now or even if the building is still standing.

My other half used to work there, he absolutly loved it. I beleive they actually tore it down. But im not positive about that.

A few people I talked to over the years seemed to really like the place. I never experienced it personally though.

Our family Doctor many moons ago practiced there. It was a good hospital. He was a good Doc too. He has since retired although I believe his partner still has a practice with his his former partner's son.

It was actually on Jefferson, if I remember correctly, and I loved the place, too. Was taken to the emergency room a few times as a kid, and took my own kids there a few times when they were small. Another sad story of the neighborhood slowly deteriorating around a once-proud place, as it has around the art museum, the Shriner's hall, etc.

I was there once, in 1971, when I was born. I don't remember too much about it though, I was pretty young.

On Jefferson? I was thinking it was on Parkwood.

I knew a man that went in for back surgery there and left as a paraplegic.

The hospital opened in 1945 with 28 beds and closed in 1994.

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I know a woman who went to Toledo Hospital with abdominal pain, was sent home with a "female problem" diagnosis and died two days later of acute appendicitis. What's your point FatBabe44? I thought this post was a quest for historical knowledge.

Uh, Fatbabe44. It appears I'm taking a really bad week out on you. I apologise.

The hospital on jefferson was mercy i thought?

Here is a photo. I remember that building but can't recall the location. This web site has several historical photos of Toledo's hospitals.
This is gonna drive me nuts until I get the street.
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1058823646033313591ACOjpt

Oh for crying out loud. It says (faintly) on the bottom of the photo "1920 Parkwood Ave." Thus endeth my quest. GraphicsGuy nailed it.

Yes - the hospital on Jefferson was Mercy Hospital. I work in that building now. (It houses Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, most of the business functions for Mercy Health Partners, a few doctor's offices, a clinic, etc.)

Cool picture, I love old pictures especially local ones.
I remember it being much taller though, that must be from when it first opened.

I worked there for almost three years on TLCU, PCU, and other units. My name is Shawn Ueberroth. I loved the hospital. It was the best place I ever worked until they sold us up the creek (ST.Vs) I used to go there after it closed and put a flower on the ground for years due to the fact that I lived in the old west end near the hospital. I dont think I honestly ever have gotten over loosing my job there. I never finished nursing school and have had so many tradegys in my life since. I know It was years ago now 14, but I still think about it often. I miss the great people and the care we gave. It would be nice to see some of the people I worked with again. I even finished med assis school 2 year degree and never worked in the field? I dont know why I just never could stomach working anywhere else in the med field. That was one of the sadest days of my life. I loved the poeple I worked with and they were like my family I never had at the time. MAy God Bless all of them. sueberroth@buckey-express.com

The building is tore down. The Art museum built some cheesy yuppie glass place there

Hey everyone My mom worked there for many years in the surgery department. She has dementia now at 54 years old. I wonder if anyone could tell me anything about her if they knew her when she was there. You can E mail me at Tediebe102@aol.com. I would really appreciate some help filling in the blanks of my life.

I worked there in Medical Records from 89 to 94, it was the place I learned hospital coding. I was the second to last person out the door when they closed it. I loved that place, 2 of my 3 kids were born there in the 70's. The maternity ward was a very happy place due to the nurses, they were awesome.

Shawn, St. V's didn't sell us up a creek, it was our own bad management. We blew $4million on the doctors offices we put in the malls that didn't work out and then we got effed by Blue Cross because they sold us employee coverage but then wouldn't let any of their other subscribers come to us. At the end, the board brought in a management company to try to get us back in the black but they really were just advising us how to shut the place down. St. V's rescued us by buying us up, hiring a lot of us, and then closing us...to do anything else would have brought them down, too, we were hemorrhaging money. They hired me, but at the 11th hour I got a call from a desperate solo coder at MCO and went out there instead (and found out later a whole lot of PVH employees went out there...better fit, philosophy-wise) Best move I ever made, I hate V's.

Don't be down about the industry, get back into it, you loved it once! I started out as a Certified Medical Assistant with an Assoc degree, and now I'll retire in 5 years from UTMC with more 3 certifications and a secure future, thanks to their commitment to making me a better coder. If you can't handle the patient care side, get into coding/billing, it's well-paying and secure.

'The building is tore down. The Art museum built some cheesy yuppie glass place there'

posted by tlcu on May 06, 2008 at 05:57:12 pm

Actually, the glass museum is in the park and old parking lot. The new parking lot is on the site of the old hospital, Parkwood and Woodruff.

wow, holland, that really is an old pic. it was remodeled, not sure what year, but I think it was before I started or just after, they really modernized it.

hahaha, don't look it up in Google Maps, they got it wrong. the real location is the little rectangle on the pointy finger just north and west of Mercy. silly Google.

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Yep, Parkview was a grey sandstone building on Parkwood & Monroe. I recall a surgeon that had his office there. His name was Dr. Fred Osgood.

Flinty, that was the Doctors Bldg, not the hospital. The docs had their offices in there, and some of our billing was there, but the hosp was one block north facing Parkwood, we had to cross Jefferson to walk between them.

Thanks nana for pointing that out. I had 2 facilities mixed up. But wasn't it called The Professional Building?

yah, it probably was, we always called it the Doctors Bldg coz that's where the doctors were, lol. actually, it was 'going to the Doctors' when we had to run charts up there for signatures. Luckily, there was no HIPAA back then, lol.

My mother was director of nursing there for many years. There are still a group of them that get together several times a year.

nana I was born there not too long before they closed down and i was wondering if you knew where they moved all of the hospitals records?

HI there, youngun! :) I think St. V's has them, most everything went to them. Try calling their Health Info Management dept. (HIM), they should know.

if anyone knows I'd really appreciate it.

thanks nana

Hey does anyone posting here remember me? I am Shawn I worked TLCU and PCU and ICU a few times when gene coats let me. I think someone was saying something about STVs not selling us up the creek. I must disagree. They did. Most of us who tried to get jobs there were given the "boot" out the door. I would love to get together and just talk about some of the great memories of that place. I lost so much in my life after it closed. Later after I got back on my feet and met a great girl and got married had a great son. Im at aueberroth@att.net

Anyone remember St. Luke's hospital in the Old West End? That's where I was born, and now I live just a couple of blocks from where it once stood...

My Dad was Chief Engineer of the old St.Lukes at Robinwood and Delaware from 1950 until the hospital moved to it's present location in Mamuee, Ohio. He stayed on with St. Lukes until his retirement in 1981. I grew up in the old St. Lukes, visiting my Dad at work often. I knew every back hall and entrance and most of the staff by their first names. It was a neat place. I spent a lot of time there wating for my Dad, who got called in at all hours. I saw amputated limb disposals, (incineration) watched pathologists stain slides and examine them under microscopes, saw bodies go out the back doors. I saw lab techs keep their lunches in the blood bank refrigerator. When you see stuff like that as a kid you don't grow up to be squeemish! Things were obviously a lot looser in the 50's! It was like a big family.

I was born at the old St. Luke's in 1951 and we moved in and out of the neighborhood 3 times before I was 12. Love the Old West End, lots of good memories under those trees on Robinwood and Glenwood. The site was a pretty nice park last I saw it, is it still?

The park is lovely, indeed!