Ailing residents of Mid-Michigan turn to Sparrow Health System for care. The health system’s hospitals include Sparrow Carson Hospital, Sparrow Clinton Hospital, Sparrow Ionia Hospital, and starting Oct. 1, 2019, Sparrow Eaton Hospital, along with the Lansing-based Sparrow Hospital. The health system also operates dozens of satellite clinics, a long-term-care center, a hospice care provider, medical equipment rental unit, and athletic club. Sparrow Health got its start in 1896 when a group of women set out with $400, a house on Ottawa Street (in Lansing, Michigan), and a mission to care for the sick.