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Company type | Non-profit organization |
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Industry | Health care |
Headquarters | , US |
Area served | North Dakota |
Products | hospitals, clinics, retirement communities |
Website | www |
Altru Health System is an American healthcare organization headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Altru is a nonprofit serving over 230,000 residents in northeast North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. It employs around 3,500 health professionals and support staff. As a regional-owned health system, Altru has provided outstanding healthcare for over 130 years.
Altru Health System's facilities include a 257-bed acute care hospital, a 10-bed specialty center, 14 clinics across eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Altru Hospital has been designated a Level II trauma center.
Targeted for completion in late 2024, Altru’s newly constructed hospital will include seven floors, space for 226 licensed patient beds, a 16-bed observation unit and an entire negative pressure unit.
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Geography | |
Location | 1200 South Columbia Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States |
Coordinates | 47°54′40″N97°04′09″W / 47.91102602555691°N 97.06917973795684°W |
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Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | Mayo Clinic Care Network [1] |
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Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
History | |
Former name(s) | St. Luke's Hospital (1892), Grand Forks Clinic (1940), St. Michael's Hospital (1907), The United Hospital (1971), Altru Health Systems (1997) |
Opened | 1892 |
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Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in North Dakota |
Altru Health Systems facilities in Grand Forks include the following:
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