Premier Health, which operates the 491-bed hospital, revealed plans in January to close the hospital before the end of the year, stating operating two hospitals within 5 miles of each other — Good Samaritan Hospital and Miami Valley Hospital, also in Dayton — had become unsustainable.
“While we had initially communicated a closing toward the end of the year, we did say that some dynamics could result in a different closure date, due to the unpredictability and complexity that understandably comes with such transitions,” Premier Health told the Dayton Daily News in a statement.
Officials told the publication they would provide an exact date within the coming months.
Earlier in March, officials at the five-hospital system revealed the Good Samaritan Hospital’s maternity unit would become the first major unit to transition out of the hospital. Premier will transition the hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology services to Miami Valley Hospital in April, according to a previous Dayton Daily News report.
Editor’s note: Becker’s Hospital Review reached out to Premier Health for comment and will update the article as more information becomes available.
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