1973
St. Luke's & St. Mary's merge to form MGH.
Hospital employs 660 people, has 40 physicians on medical staff and an annual operating budget of $6.7 million.

1974
Area's first 24-hour, physician staffed emergency room opened.

1977
Cardiac Cath Lab opened.

1978
First open heart surgery performed.

1979
CT scanning introduced.
County-wide, hospital-owned EMS service begins.

1981
$22 million Patient Tower dedicated.

1984
$10 million East Building dedicated.
Radiation Therapy for cancer introduced.
Designation as Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons.
MGH acquires the Family Practice Residency Program

1986
Clinic network begins with purchase of Marquette Medical Clinic - Kingsford.

1987
$3.7 million MRI addition built.
Fourth hospital in Michigan to provide MRI Technology.

1990
Doctors Park Family Physicians in Escanaba purchased.
Chippewa Medical Associates in Sault Ste. Marie purchased.

1991
MGH garners an accreditation with commendation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, an honor historically obtained by only two percent of U.S. hospitals

1992
Robert C. Neldberg Building opens.
Skywalk and parking deck completed.
MGH acquires Marquette General Home Health & Hospice, offering home care by local care givers, while interlinking with hospital services.
Home care is available to patients in the central Southern & Eastern Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin.

1994
MGH employs more than 2,000 people.
Regional Advisory Council established.

1995
Upper Peninsula Health Care Network created.

1996
Hospital employs 2,400 people, has 200+ physicians on medical staff.

1999
Marquette General added assisted living to its complement of health care services with the opening of Brookridge Heights assisted living facility.

2000
A $15.6 million construction and renovation project that included construction of the Bridge Building spanning College Avenue. The centerpiece of the project was the state-of-the-art ICU that mirrored the excellent intensive care that Marquette General has provided for generations. The 16 bed ICU is one of the finest facilities in the region, and is an integral part of Marquette General's ability to receive trauma from throughout the region, with categorization as a Level II Facility by the State of Michigan.

2002
The remaining level of the Bridge Building was completed and occupied by three physician practices that collaborate closely on providing care for patients with neurological conditions. The practices include Neurology Associates, Marquette General Neurosurgery PC, and U. P. Rehabilitation Medicine PC.

2003
There are 2,900 employees, a medical staff of more than 200 providing care in 54 specialties, and an annual operating budget of more than $300 million.

2004
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning became available at Marquette General.

Ground was broken for a new Emergency Department, with construction slated for completion in 2005.

2005
Marquette General's Emergency Department and ExpressCare Walk-In Clinic opens.

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