History
We are proud of our community heritage
Mid-Columbia Medical Center was founded by local residents for local residents
1901:Hospital established in the Rinehart family home by pioneers Dr. Belle Cooper Rinehart and Dr. Mary Powell Johnson.
1903:Rinehart family home is expanded to enlarge the hospital that becomes known as The Dalles Hospital.
1959:The Dalles Hospital moves into the new facility built on 19th Street and funded by donations from local residents, businesses, physicians and hospital staff.
1979:Twenty years after being built, the 19th Street facility is expanded by 20,000 square feet to accommodate more patients, more beds and other improvements.
1982:Hospital begins offering on-site childcare.
1983:Name is changed to Mid-Columbia Medical Center to more accurately reflect its emergence as a regional resource for comprehensive healthcare.
1983:The Mid-Columbia Health Foundation is established to provide financial support to MCMC and help ensure local residents have access to quality healthcare close to home.
1992:MCMC becomes the first hospital in the nation to implement housewide the Planetree philosophy of patient care, which emphasizes the need to address a person’s intellectual, environmental, emotional and spiritual concerns in addition to their physical needs.
2001:MCMC opens Celilo Cancer Center, the only comprehensive cancer center in the Gorge.
2009:Water’s Edge is opened on Lone Pine Blvd., featuring a medical fitness center and nontraditional therapies.
2016:MCMC expands into Hood River to increase the availability of health care services in the Gorge.
2018:MCMC named a Top Workplace byThe Oregonian, based entirely on employee feedback.
2019:MCMC adds 3D mammography, the latest technology in breast cancer detection, to its imaging services.
2020:In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, MCMC opens the region’s only Immediate Care Center, a walk-in clinic for urgently needed care.
2021:MCMC partners withAdventist Health Northwest Heart Centerto bring nationally recognized cardiovascular services to The Dalles.
2023:MCMC becomes Adventist Health Columbia Gorge, part of the Adventist Health network of care.