Hazleton General Hospital

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About Hazleton General Hospital
Welcome to Hazleton General Hospital a member of the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance In 1891 Hazleton General Hospital was founded to provide medical care to the coal miners of this region Since that time health care in the United States and here in Hazleton has changed dramatically For many years the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania owned our hospital

In September 1986 Hazleton General Hospital divested from the State and became a notforprofit community hospital Then in October 1996 Hazleton General Hospital joined together with HazletonSaint Joseph Medical Center to form the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance GHHA was formed to bring the people of Greater Hazleton the highest quality healthcare and the latest available technology without duplicating services equipment and costs

Eight years later in 2004 an effort was begun to consolidate and relocate many services to Hazleton General Hospital The cost of providing healthcare which had been rising steadily across the country had also affected our local hospitals and duplication of services at both facilities was no longer feasible

Work began on consolidating inpatient and emergency services to Hazleton General Hospital while outpatient services were moved to the HazletonSaint Joseph campus which had surrendered its acute care hospital license in September 2005 and operated as a service of Hazleton General Hospital until the two organizations merged in December 2006

With the realigning of services to Hazleton General Hospital came the physical changes necessary to restructure the building to become Hazletons premiere health care facility An 18 million construction and renovation project began in 2005 and was completed in November 2006 As part of the project a twostory Annex building was constructed at the back of the hospital to house a new stateoftheart laboratory medical records department medical library physician staff office and lounge quality management and administrative offices Inside the hospital a StepDown Unit was constructed to serve patients who were transitioning from the Intensive Care Unit

The Emergency Department doubled in size to better accommodate the growing community population in one central location And incorporating the services of Lehigh Valley Hospital in a partnership to provide physician staffing to the new Emergency Department means GHHA now has access to specialists and technologies only found at larger medical facilities A new Surgical Suite and Short Procedure Unit rounded out major medical service renovations and expansions within the hospital

In the fall 2005 ground was broken for the construction of the 72000 sq ft Hazleton Health amp Wellness Center Located on Airport Road across from WalMart this premier facility offers outpatient medical testing and rehabilitation services all at one convenient location An ambulatory surgery center physician offices and a stateoftheart fitness center are also housed at this facility

The Alliance serves more than 100000 people throughout the Greater Hazleton area Our medical staff consists of more than 100 highlytrained and wellrespected physicians in a wide variety of specialties We are well equipped and dedicated to providing our patients with emergency diagnostic and therapeutic medical services

The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance including Hazleton General Hospital is now poised to move forward with high quality health care in the Greater Hazleton area to better serve our community now and well into the future

Mission
Hazleton General Hospital is organized as a community nonprofit corporation serving the health care needs in the Greater Hazleton area The hospital provides emergency diagnostic and therapeutic medical services conducts educational programs for medical and professional staff and the public and delivers these programs and services with compassion and appropriate standard of quality The home health department is committed to providing compassionate patientcentered quality healthcare services focusing on physical as well as emotional social and economic needs and to the ongoing development of a healthier community

History

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