January 8, 2021 – St. Margaret’s Hospital (Spring Valley, IL) and Illinois Valley Community Hospital (Peru, IL) have consolidated their operations to form a regional healthcare network. The combined system, St. Margaret’s Health, will be governed by SMP Health System (Fargo, ND).
Illinois Valley Community Hospital is now St. Margaret’s Health-Peru, and St. Margaret’s Hospital has been renamed St. Margaret’s Health-Spring Valley.
“We are extremely pleased that, after a two-year process, we have finalized the agreement to form one entity that will serve the healthcare needs of the Illinois Valley,” SMP Health System President and CEO Aaron Alton said.