Good Samaritan Hospital (Dayton)

Good Samaritan Hospital
Geography
Location	Dayton, Ohio, USA
Organisation
Care system	Private
Type	Academic, acute care short stay
Affiliated university	Boonshoft School of Medicine of Wright State University
Services
Standards	JCAHO accreditation Magnet[1] status
Beds	577[2]
History
Opened	1932
Closed	July 23, 2018
Links
Website	http://www.goodsamdayton.org
Other links	List of hospitals in the United States

Good Samaritan Hospital was a full-service hospital on the west side of Dayton, Ohio. The hospital closed in 2018.^[3] Prior to closing, the hospital had 3,300 employees and 577 beds.^[4] Good Samaritan Hospital had won numerous awards and was constantly recognized for its excellence in health care delivery and safety by places such as U.S. News & World Report, HealthGrades, and others.^[5] The hospital was a teaching hospital with the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University as the affiliated university. The hospital was a part of Premier Health Partners. The Dayton Heart and Vascular Hospital was owned by Good Samaritan Hospital and was located on the hospital's main campus.

On January 17, 2018, it was announced Good Samaritan Hospital would close by the end of the year.^[6] The final patients were discharged on July 20, 2018. and the hospital officially closed on July 23, 2018.^[7] The closure of the hospital was considered highly controversial due to its status as the only hospital within Dayton's impoverished and largely black west side. A complaint regarding the closure was filed with the U.S. Department of Health^[8] and the closure was met with a number of protests.^[9] In November 2018, the scope of the civil rights complaint was expanded, alleging that Premier Health practices a pattern of discriminatory investment in regards to its placement of properties.^[10] Upon completion of the complaint investigation, the Office for Civil Rights found no civil rights violations in the hospital closure.^[11]