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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: To deliver compassionate care by advancing the physical and spiritual well-being of the communities we serve through smart medicine and exceptional service.
Programs: Good samaritan hospital association is a nonprofit health care organization, owned by over thirty area churches representing all of the local denominations of the christian faith. The area churches at an annual meeting every fall elect a board of trustees. This board is the legal governing body that is responsible for the association. Good samaritan hospital association's (gsha) primary focus is healthcare within and around the community of rugby, nd. Gsha has 25 licensed acute/swing beds as a critical access hospital, 3 rural health clinics along with a surgical clinic, 54 medicare skilled nursing home beds, 63 basic care beds, and 37 assisted living apartments. We also service the community through a hospital based hospice. Gsha provides numerous community and social programs including but not limited to the following: charity care $203,000 gross charges forgone during the year ended 3/31/2017, diabetic education program, public healthcare educational and informational notices, testing and information during health shows and community events, ambulance volunteers, provides emt courses for ambulances, educational outreach for school system, provides senior citizen meals at minimal fee, free blood pressure checks, community education, physical therapy, provides meeting room for various organizations and churches, cpr training, wellness programs, sponsor lpn/rn school program through consortium of facilities and colleges.