On this day in 1916, the Wheatley-Providence Hospital was founded in Missouri by Dr. J.E. Perry. It was the first medical facility to serve the Black community of Kansas City, Missouri. The facility also served as a teaching hospital for black doctors & nurses, since African-American were excluded from practicing in white hospitals. In 1922, Dr. Katherine B. Richardson along with Perry created a children’s health program at Wheatley-Provident. The facility then taught pediatrics to African-American students. After being replaced by the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in 1972, the hospital survived for another decade and permanently closed its doors in 1983.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 05:14:11 +0000
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