 In 2007, the hospital had 269 licensed beds, 11,487 admissions and employed over 2,000 people.In 1924, citizens in Cape Girardeau, Missouri formed a committee to build a non-denominational, non-profit community hospital in the city.In 1926, a group of 20 businessmen and physicians signed individual promissory notes to purchase a tract of land for $8,250 from Emil Thilenius and Mrs. Anna Keller.