Based in Jasper, Indiana, and sponsored by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (MHHCC) provides inpatient and outpatient care through an acute care community hospital, which includes 32 outpatient primary and specialty care clinics and medical practices, and an ambulance service. Memorial Hospital, which opened its doors in 1951, employs more than 1,700 people and provides medical care for 6,600 inpatients; 254,000 outpatients; and 29,000 emergency department visits annually. Nearly 950 babies are born at Memorial Hospital each year.