Bethesda North Hospital is an acute, tertiary, teaching hospital

Teaching hospital

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 in Montgomery

Montgomery, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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 that provides a wide range of services to individuals and families throughout the northeast corridor of Cincinnati and into Butler

Butler County, Ohio

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, Clinton

Clinton County, Ohio

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 and Warren

Warren County, Ohio

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 counties. Founded in 1970 as a community satellite facility, Bethesda North is now the fourth largest hospital in Greater Cincinnati

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metropolitan area

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. The non-profit

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 hospital is member of TriHealth

TriHealth

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, a community partnership between Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospital

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

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.

History

In 1886, seven German Methodist

Methodism

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 deaconess

Deaconess

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es moved into a small cottage in Mt. Auburn, devoting their lives to caring for the sick and the poor. Soon their overcrowded cottage became a makeshift miniature hospital. Two years later, the German Methodist Deaconess Home Association purchased a small private hospital at the corner of Oak Street and Reading Road and moved its patients to this location, marking the beginning of Bethesda. In 2000, Bethesda Oak was closed, except for an outpatient clinic, in favor of Bethesda North.

Since its establishment in 1970, Bethesda North Hospital has grown to meet the needs of the community, increasing bed capacity to 235 in 1979 and opening an outpatient surgery center in 1987. As the community grew, so did its desire for an even larger selection of specialty medical services. Over the years, Bethesda met this need by adding maternity

Maternity

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 services; providing regionally recognized specialty services, including a breast center, fertility

Fertility

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 center and endoscopy

Endoscopy

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 services; investing in increasingly sophisticated diagnostic imaging

Medical imaging

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 and neurological

Neurology

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 equipment; and offering open-heart surgery

Cardiac surgery

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. It also is one of only two designated adult Trauma Center

Trauma center

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s in the area.

In 2003, Bethesda North met demand for higher volume, increased technological sophistication and improved access through a multi-million-dollar expansion. The 62000 square feet (5,760 m²) expansion has added four new surgical suites to increase operating room capacity by 30 percent. A new cardiac/vascular procedure lab and cardiopulmonary/nuclear medicine

Nuclear medicine

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expansion also will enhance the care Bethesda North provides.

External links

• Bethesda North Hospital