Editing Red Oak, Iowa (section)

== Hospital ==
The Montgomery County Memorial Hospital (MCMH) is located in Red Oak. MCMH is a modern 25-bed facility with birth to hospice capabilities. MCMH management puts an emphasis on health care for the local community inside the hospital and with programs outside of the hospital.<ref name="mcmh">{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmh.org/index.html|title=Montgomery County Memorial Hospital|publisher=Home website|access-date=2010-12-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103115920/http://www.mcmh.org/index.html|archive-date=2011-01-03}}</ref>

It began as Red Oak Hospital when Dr. B.F. Gillmor opened a 15-bed hospital in 1920. In 1931 it was renamed the Murphy Memorial Hospital in honor of a bequest of $40,000 from Thomas D. and Ina C. Murphy. In 1941 a 26-bed hospital was built in a new location, with an addition in 1951. In 1961 a long-term care unit, named Highland Acres, was constructed. In 1978 in a special election voters approved of Montgomery County taking ownership of Murphy Memorial Hospital. The facility then became known as Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. In 1989 a new hospital was built and in 1993 a Physicians Center was added.<ref name="mcmh"/>