Over the past four years, the Central Indiana community has come together to make possible and embrace the new Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Eskenazi Health campus.
Fittingly, that spirit of collaboration and working together for the health of our community was central to the final step of our transition to Eskenazi Health.
On Dec. 7, 2013, in a highly coordinated process involving Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the U.S. Navy Reserves, the Indiana National Guard, MESH (formerly known as Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare) and hundreds of volunteers and ambulances from across Central Indiana, patients receiving care at Wishard moved to the new Eskenazi Health campus beginning at 7 a.m. and finished hours ahead of schedule just after 2 p.m. Then, on Dec. 9, the Eskenazi Health Outpatient Care Center opened for patient appointments, the final step in the process of opening our new campus.
To our partners and volunteers, we are deeply grateful for your assistance and support in making possible this extraordinary day for Eskenazi Health and the health of our community. Thank you for all that you did to help open the new Eskenazi Health campus, to transport patients safely and swiftly into our new environment, and to make the first day at our new home truly wonderful.
And thank you to our community for making possible this health system and your new downtown hospital and health campus. You are the reason we are here. And that is why Eskenazi Health is here for you.
Lisa E. Harris, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Eskenazi Health
Matthew R. Gutwein
President & Chief Executive Officer
Health & Hospital Corp. of Marion County
