History

Dr. Joe Henry Reuss established a temporary hospital called Salome in the upper part of the Catholic school.

Salome soon became inadequate. A Hospital Association was formed to raise money and oversee building a new Salome Hospital on Factory Hill (top of Morgan Avenue). Dr. Joe Henry Reuss was named manager and superintendent.

Burns Hospital opened as a private, nonsectarian establishment by Dr. John W. Burns. It was named in honor of his father, Columbus Burns. Dr. Burns had cared for patients in the Salome Hospital before opening Burns Hospital.

Dr. Joe Henry Reuss purchased the Salome Hospital from the Hospital Association and built a new building which he called Reuss Memorial Hospital, in memory of his father, Dr. J.M. Reuss.

Dr. J.M. Reuss died and thereafter the Reuss Memorial Hospital was purchased by Dr. Sterling Boothe, who changed the name to Boothe Hospital.

Dr. John W. Burns sold Burns Hospital to the Sisters of Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament of Shriner. They managed the hospital until 1972, when it was torn down.

Dr. Boothe offered Boothe Hospital to the Lutheran Church, which accepted and changed the name to Lutheran Hospital Reuss Memorial.

Dr. A.J. Bohman leased Lutheran Hospital Reuss Memorial from the Lutheran Board.

Dr. A.J. Bohman purchased Lutheran Hospital Reuss Memorial and operated it until 1957.

Cuero's osteopathic hospital was established and owned by Dr. Carl R. Stratton and his sons, Dr. Richard L. Stratton and Dr. James A. Stratton. It closed when Cuero Community Hospital opened in 1970.

Dr. A.J. Bohman converted Lutheran Hospital Reuss Memorial into a foundation known as the Cuero Hospital Foundation until 1971.

Cuero Community Hospital opened its doors.

Cuero Hospital Foundation was closed and all assets and money were given to the new Cuero Community Hospital, making the Foundation their largest contributor.

Burns Hospital was torn down.

• September 1970
  Cuero Community Hospital opened Sept. 8, 1970, licensed for 92 beds. The hospital was originally staffed by employees from Burns Hospital and Cuero Hospital Foundation, which included several Catholic nuns who lived in what became the LVN school building on the back of the hospital property.
  

• 1981
  Emergency Medical Service established and housed at LVN School.
• 1984 October
  Home Health opens.

• 1992
  New construction of the ER, ICU, EMS and Education Classroom.
• 1993
  Medical Plaza completed.
• 1995
  Hospital's 25th anniversary time capsule buried on the front property; DeWitt Medical Foundation organized.
• 1998
  Childbirth Center added, complete with an outside Angel Courtyard along with a hydrotherapy pool for P.T.
  
• 1998 April
  Heritage Program established.

• 2001 January
  Building addition for specialty physicians currently used for Heritage program
• 2001
  Operating Room expansion.
  
• 2003 May
  Cuero Wellness Center opens.
  
• 2005 September
  CCH received the Award of Excellence from Texas Medical Foundation. Out of 203 entries, 23 Texas hospitals met the criteria of the highest award.
• 2005
  CCH purchases a 64-slice CT scan.
  
• 2007 January
  CCH became a tobacco-free campus.
• 2007 June
  CCH receives the Award of Excellence from Texas Medical Foundation. Of more than 390 eligible Texas hospitals, 63 met the criteria for this award.
• 2008 January
  Expansion and new construction begin for new MRI, Outpatient and P.T. Center.
• 2009 May
  The new High-Field True Open MRI with ambient experience made by Philips installed as part of the expansion projects.
  

• 2011 June
  Belle Terry Elder Women's Center opens. CCH mammography & bone density equipment upgrade and department remodeled.
  
• 2012 August
  New construction of VC School of Nursing building, Cuero campus.
  
• 2013 June
  CCH Main Entrance Renovation to include Hamilton-Wallis Chapel and expansion of CCH Volunteer Services.