Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center has changed dramatically over the past 130 years, though it continues to grow the very same way it began with heart.
Plainfield’s first and only hospital emerged from the efforts of seven volunteers who were deeply touched by a local train accident in 1876. After a physician was forced to perform surgery by candlelight at a nearby freight house, these individuals set out to build a community hospital by raising funds from their neighbors, friends and other philanthropists who cared about the health and well-being of area families.
That genuine benevolence remains at the heart of the Muhlenberg Foundation today, driving its sole mission of supporting Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center through charitable giving.
