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Description

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Our Mission amp Vision
Mission
Community Health with Quality and Compassion

Vision
Focus on patients to continually improve our service

A couple of things you should know
Warren General Hospital is an 89bed acute care notforprofit facility located in the Northwest corner of Pennsylvania onehour from Erie Nestled at the edge of the Allegheny National Forest WGH is a fullservice hospital providing Community Health with Quality and Compassion WGH and its medical staff all board certified provide leading edge technology in Cancer Care Wound Care Pain Management and Diagnostic Imaging MaternalChild Health General Thoracic and Orthopedic surgical services comprehensive psychiatric and detox programs renal care therapeutic rehab including physical speech occupational and respiratory programs Transitional Care Center and Home Health round out the full range of health care services provided by Warren General Hospital

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History

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History
Warren General Hospital is a communitycentered hospital that was constructed in response to the communitys need for expanded healthcare services Prior to 1900 unaffiliated local physicians delivered most of the healthcare services The Society of Christian Workers provided limited healthcare services at the Door of Hope a home that provided temporary care for the sick and for unmarried pregnant females The need for a real hospital became apparent when financial constraints threatened the viability of the Door of Hope Thus on March 28 1898 a local physician paid for a charter for Warren Emergency Hospital and the community leaders initiated a fundraising campaign to construct the hospital

The hospital originally named Warren Emergency Hospital opened to patients on December 24 1900 A year later the hospital constructed an annex for patients with contagious diseases in response to increase patient utilization That same year saw the establishment of a nursing school which operated until its financial demise in 1941 The hospital continued to expand beyond the original purpose of providing emergency healthcare services By 1917 the hospital also provided obstetrical xray and laboratory services Therefore the Board of Directors renamed the hospital Warren General Hospital to more accurately reflect the general medical services provided As medicine advanced the hospital quickly outgrew its quarters Through a combination of funding obtained from the community and the HillBurton program a new hospital was constructed on the same site in 1955 Warren General Hospital continued to expand and renovate its quarters Currently the hospital provides a diverse spectrum of services including cancer care orthopedic general and thoracic surgery renal care wound care comprehensive rehabilitation psychiatric and detoxification care maternalchild health transitional care and home health services in addition to the services generally found in a community hospital