T J Samson Community Hospital

Description

About Us
I would like to welcome you to TJ Samson Community Hospital Our hospital is a 196bed acute care facility including 16 skilledcare beds

Each member of the TJ Samson Community Hospital staff is genuinely committed to providing for your good health and wellbeing We will make every effort to see that you receive quality health care with special attention to your comfort and needs

Upon admission a member of our staff will provide you with information about available services and your rights while you are in the hospital We are here to make your stay with us as pleasant and comfortable as possible

Mission Vision and Values
We operate within our mission by offering a variety of services to the region including acute care preventive testing and treatment community outreach activities and partnerships with local health care providers civic organizations and public schools

Mission
TJ Samson Community Hospital will promote and provide for the health and wellbeing of those we serve

Vision
As a regional health care provider TJ Samson Community Hospital takes pride in being good stewards of our available resources and utilizing them to anticipate and meet the health needs of the region by promoting health in our communities and delivering quality appropriate and compassionate care

Core Values
Service
Excellence
Resources
Value
Innovation
Compassionate care
Ethics

History

History
The story of TJ Samson Community Hospital begins in 1926 After reading an article about the Commonwealth Fund an organization dedicated to the establishment of rural hospitals C W Froedge MD began his mission Knowing that the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce was already actively involved in a fundraising campaign to build an addition onto the MapleWood Infirmary Dr Froedge took the article to the Chamber with the idea of building a community hospital instead The Chamber accepted his proposal and on Nov 6 1926 the Commonwealth Fund of New York awarded its second endowment to Glasgow on a 2 to 1 fundmatching incentive

The fund granted a 130000 honorarium toward the establishment of a community hospital with the local community contributed the remaining 65000 A fundraising committee was established and by January 1927 it was decided that any party donating 25000 or more would be allowed to name the hospital as a memorial

Smaller contributions earned other commemorations such as memorial rooms and plaques In a meeting on Feb 15 1927 a member of the advisory committee T J Samson pledged his stock in the Samson Tobacco Company worth 18500 plus an additional 6500 for the privilege of naming the hospital

Construction on the original facility began the following year and by October 1928 the Community Hospital of Glasgow was ready for inspection by the Commonwealth Fund The building easily passed inspection and on Sept 3 1929 the hospital was dedicated and opened to the public The first patient J G Russell of Whetstone KY was admitted on Sept 18 1929

Since then the hospital has undergone several expansions including its most recent additiona new wing to house an ultramodern labor and delivery floor emergency department cardiology laboratory and intensive care unit In May 1997 the hospital was designated as the site for one of Kentuckys congressionally mandated Family Practice Residency Programs and is now home to the University of Louisville GlasgowBarren County Family Medicine Residency