Wayne County Hospital opened in January 1955 as a 34 bed, non-profit, community owned, rural hospital serving Wayne County and neighboring communities. Since 1986, the Wayne County Hospital has been a part of the Mercy Medical Center of
Des Moines, Iowa, statewide collaborative Network of Healthcare Services. This affiliation is through a management contract with that facility.
Today, Wayne County Hospital continues to operate as a non-profit community owned, 28-bed licensed facility with six full-time physicians and a dedicated team of health care professionals, including more than twenty visiting Specialty Clinic physicians. The hospital is the largest employer in the county serving a population of 7,000 people in Wayne County plus surrounding areas.
Wayne County Hospital is fully licensed by the state of Iowa Department of Health, is fully accredited by Medicare, and is a member of the AHA and IHA.