non profit organization industry healthcare founded 1890 founder pastor e. a. fogelstrom headquarters omaha ne u.s. area served north america parent chi health website www.chihealth.com immanuel medical center is a hospital located in omaha nebraska . it is part of chi health . history edit in 1879 the rev. erik alfred e.a. fogelstrom came to nebraska to serve the swedish population in omaha as pastor of immanuel lutheran church . on october 8 1887 pastor fogelstrom and others organized the evangelical lutheran immanuel association for works for charity . in december 1890 the hospital was completed and the first four deaconesses began their work at the hospital . 1 2 the community s needs outpaced the first hospital located at 36th and meredith and a new hospital was opened in 1910 in the same area . the original building became the nazareth home which served people who were elderly and those who had severe disabilities . the need for hospital beds continued to grow and a third hospital was opened on the 36th and meredith site in 1926 . the first two buildings were remodeled and services for the elderly and those with disabilities were expanded . during the 1950s there was a period of growth and reconstruction and a six story hospital wing doubled the size of the hospital . planning for the current immanuel medical center began in the early 1960s when it became apparent that in order to meet its healthcare commitments immanuel would have to expand . the present 166 acre 67 ha site at 72nd and sorensen parkway was purchased in 1966 . the new immanuel medical center opened on june 29 1974 . recognizing the benefits of alliances in healthcare bergan mercy health system and immanuel medical center came together to form alegent health now chi health in june 1996 . references edit immanuel medical center marks 120 years of healing nebraska hospital association http www.nhanet.org news index.htm topic details & news id 906 immanuel deaconess motherhouse evangelical lutheran church in america http www.elca.org who we are history elca archives exhibits lutheran deaconess history immanuel deaconess motherhouse.aspx external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title immanuel medical center & oldid 664934205 categories hospital buildings completed in 1892hospital buildings completed in 1910hospital buildings completed in 1926hospital buildings completed in 1974hospitals in omaha nebraskaswedish american historyhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 may 2015 at 23 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view