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About Mt. Carmel
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In 1903 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita under the leadership of Mother Mary Bernard Sheridan, opened Mt. Carmel Hospital to serve the needs of area coal miners and their families.
Located between Pittsburg and Frontenac, the 20-bed hospital progressed through several additions and by the 1960s, a major expansion was needed to relieve crowded conditions and accommodate further growth. Underground mining around the original site prohibited further expansion, so the current 80-acre site at Centennial and Rouse Streets was purchased for the construction of a new medical center. Following a very successful community-wide fund-raising drive, the new five-floor, 188-bed Mt. Carmel Medical Center was occupied in 1971.
Through the years remodeling and expansion has kept Mt. Carmel on the front lines of healthcare. Mt. Carmel Medical Center's first major addition came in 1995 as the Mt. Carmel Regional Cancer Center was dedicated. In that same year, Mt. Carmel became part of the newly created Via Christi Health System, as two ministries with rich histories, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita and the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother joined together in their healing ministries.
In 2003, the medical center completed its most historic expansion project to date which included construction of a new Regional Heart Center, Outpatient Surgery Center, Emergency Department and expanded Diagnostic Imaging and Women’s Center including state-of-the-art MRI, enlarged laboratory, Pharmacy and Occupational Health Service.
To reflect the hospital’s evolving role as a regional health care provider, Mt. Carmel was renamed Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center (MCRMC) in 2001. MCRMC is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and holds memberships in the American Hospital Association, the Kansas Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association.
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