Beloit has been very fortunate to have a history of compassionate care
in the Stateline community. In 1928, Beloit Municipal Hospital was built
on Beloit’s Olympian Boulevard and provided care at that location
for over 40 years. Beloit Municipal Hospital, as it was initially known,
replaced three small, private medical facilities. The sledding hill adjacent
to the building is still referred to as “hospital hill”. At
that time, the hospital was city-owned and tax-supported.
When a new hospital was needed in the early 60’s, the city voted
to lease the hospital to Beloit Memorial Hospital, a private, nonprofit
corporation. The operation of the hospital then became the responsibility
of the nonprofit group and the community which it served.
Ground was broken for Beloit Memorial Hospital in October of 1967 and construction
began immediately. The unique “snowflake” design of the building
was incorporated into the hospital logo which is still used today. When
construction was finished and the dedication was celebrated in 1970, the
new $11.8 million hospital was judged as one of the finest, most efficient
patient care structures in North America designed and built with the comfort
and care of the patient in mind.
Beloit Memorial Hospital’s campus consists of 25 beautiful tree-filled
acres and more than 350,000 square feet of space, rising five stories
high. The sixth and seventh floors are dedicated to service, mechanical
and environmental operations. Architecturally beautiful in 1970, the tradition
continued in further expansions such as the Dialysis Center, Stateline
Emergency Center, Cancer Care Center, and more.
In 1985, the hospital expanded their range of specialty services by establishing
a close affiliation with the well-known University of Wisconsin Hospital
and Clinics. This affiliation has provided our community with the expertise
of specialists and added to the scope of our quality care.
In 1989, the Footville Medical Center, the first clinic for Beloit Memorial
Hospital, opened to provide primary and preventative care to the residents
of this rural area. Since that time, Beloit has opened a host of additional
outreach centers currently providing care in Clinton, Beloit’s West
Side, and in South Beloit, Illinois.
The largest and most extensive expansion for Beloit Memorial Hospital was
NorthPointe Health and Wellness Campus in Roscoe, Illinois in 2007. Located
on 122-acres off Interstate I-39, the campus offers a unique health environment
with three dedicated areas of service: NorthPointe Health (diagnostic,
Immediate Care and physician clinics), NorthPointe Wellness (medically
integrated fitness center), and NorthPointe Terrace (assisted living).
Beloit Memorial Hospital was renamed as Beloit Health System when it merged
with Beloit Clinic in 2010 and became an integrated healthcare organization.
By working together, the health system offered a wide range of primary
and specialized healthcare services for patients with a coordinated and
convenient continuum of care. The integration, an industry standard, contained
and maintained quality, a core mission of the health system.
The expansion and renovation of the Emergency Department was completed
in 2010 and added a new ambulance garage to the hospital, able to hold
up to six emergency vehicles. Already one of the busiest Emergency Departments
in Wisconsin, the expansion came at the right time with 27 treatment rooms
and a second trauma room equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. Separate
areas for minor illnesses were designed in a Fast Track area alongside
the general treatment rooms.
Beloit Health System formed a stronger alliance with the University of
Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and opened the free-standing UW Cancer
Center in 2014. This collaboration brought all cancer services under one
roof and continued Beloit’s relationship with the UW Carbone Cancer
Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
The merger between Beloit Health System and Beloit Regional Hospice in
2016 solidified a long-standing partnership between the two organizations
and further advanced compassionate, high-quality care for those with life-limiting
illnesses in Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
The Hendricks Family Heart Hospital, located on the hospital’s fourth
floor, opened in 2017 and raised the bar for cardiac care in southern
Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Named after the Hendricks Family, who
generously donated the largest gift ever given to Beloit Health System
of $3 million, the heart hospital within a hospital had a total cost of
$13.8 million dollars. The Hendricks Family Heart Hospital featured a
new Hybrid Dual Cath Lab and Operating Suite, one of only three in Wisconsin
and the first in the region.
In the 50-plus-year history of Beloit Memorial Hospital, not much changed
in the pediatric care unit. That is why in 2019 updates began on second
floor and completed in 2021. The unit, named after Jim and Nancy Packard
who jump started the renovations with a $1 million donation, became the
Packard Family Care Center. Along with a generous $1 million gift from
the Hendricks Family Foundation, improvements included four new birthing
rooms, a new nursery, a patient and family waiting room and expanded patient
rooms. An exciting feature of the center is the Donor Wall, a one-of-a-kind
piece of art reflecting photographs of donors, doctors, and Beloit Health
System patients. The lights behind the tiles turn pink when a baby girl
is born and blue for a boy. In the last five decades, about 40,000 babies
have been born at the hospital.
Work is currently underway for a Freestanding Birth Center on the NorthPointe
Health and Wellness Campus in Roscoe, Illinois. The Freestanding Birth
Center is a healthcare facility that will use an alternative care model
to provide services during pregnancy, labor/delivery, and postpartum care.
It will provide a safe, alternative model of patient care that focuses
on a natural birth center where low risk patients can give birth in a
natural setting. Wellness is the primary focus and is in alignment and
complementary to the NorthPointe Health and Wellness Campus. Additionally,
the center will provide another avenue for meeting needs of underserved
clientele.
Although we are very proud of our facilities and campus, it is really the
people who have made the biggest impression. The physicians, staff and
volunteers have been the real reason people continue to place their most
precious asset, their health, in our trust.
As was the mission in 1970 and still is today– Beloit Health System’s
goal is to deliver the highest quality medical services and improve the
overall health status of the community. We strive to do this at an economic
value and with the highest level of patient satisfaction.
Committed to our Community and Focused on our Patients.
