11/05/2017
Originally built as a 20 bed facility in 1928, the Stettler Municipal Hospital quickly became too small for the growing Hospital district. In 1949 a 25 bed expansion was built at a cost of $125,000. The Municipal Hospital would put an end to the practice of private hospitals that had operated at various locations over the years in town. During WWII Dr. F.O Galbraith would be the lone-serving doctor. After the war, doctors from all over the world would come to practice at the facility, including Germans, Brits, Irish, and Saskatchewanites. It was rated as a model facility by National medical journals. It was such a well-run operation, the District had paid off its 20 year loan in almost half the time.
