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 Good Samaritan Hospital is a non-profit medical center which primarily serves the north and west areas of Dayton, Ohio. It has one of the busiest medical/surgical volumes of the Dayton area hospitals. The hospital also serves as a tertiary referral center for rural areas to the north and west. The hospital was established by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 1932, and today it holds the strong mission of its founders to provide quality care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
The 26-suite Family Birthing Center is a family-oriented center for obstetrical care. It was cited by the state of Ohio as a model state-of-the-art birthing center when it opened in 1986. In this unique, homelike setting, mothers and their families can be together for the birth of their children. Good Samaritan Hospital opened Samaritan North Health Center in January 1995, a $35 million ambulatory medicine center which serves the needs of the population of the North Dayton area. The complex on North Main Street near I-70 provides a medical office building in addition to full lab and radiology services plus a state-of-the-art ambulatory oncology unit, sports medicine complex and physical therapy unit. Both the main campus and Samaritan North are undergoing major building projects.
 Kettering Medical Center Community Health Care System is affiliated with a consortium of health care facilities operated by the Adventist Health System. The facilities include Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital, a regional tertiary acute care facility; Sycamore Hospital, an acute care facility offering experience in general, preventive and ambulatory medicine; Kettering College of Medical Arts (KCMA), a fully accredited, associate-degree college; and Sycamore Glen Retirement Community, a growing extended care complex. KMC Community Health Care serves more than 100,000 patients each year, including in community outreach programs that extend KMC's care to homes and businesses throughout the Miami Valley area. The programs emphasize helping people prevent illness and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Kettering also offers fellowships in pulmonary, gastrointestinal and critical care medicine. Specialty units include adolescent medicine, psychiatry and the Cox Heart Institute. Kettering provides the only positron emission tomography (PET) and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the area.
Many programs offered to the community include:
- Wellness on Wheels – community family preventive medicine activities
- Occupational Medicine – on-site injury prevention surveys
- Heart Attack Prevention Program
- Good Neighbor House
- Medical, dental and eye screening
- Food and clothing distribution
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