Aurora Hospital

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Aurora Hospital
Altru Health System
Geography
Location Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates 47°52′39″N97°02′52″W / 47.877599°N 97.047678°W / 47.877599; -97.047678 Coordinates: 47°52′39″N97°02′52″W / 47.877599°N 97.047678°W / 47.877599; -97.047678
Organization
Funding For-profit hospital
Type General
Services
Beds66
History
Construction started2007
Openedplanned and abandoned
Links
Lists Hospitals in North Dakota

Aurora Hospital was to be an independent, physician-owned hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota. [1] The hospital planning began in 2007 [2] and was to have 66 beds and an initial employment of 200 staff members. It was built on the grounds of the Aurora Medical Park. This medical campus already included existing medical facilities such as The Stadter Center 70-bed psychiatric hospital and a building which housed many independently owned clinics. [3] The building was never completed and operated as Aurora Hospital. [4]

Aurora Hospital was to be a for-profit business, unlike the only existing general hospital in Grand Forks, the non-profit Altru Health System. Prior to completion Aurora Hospital was purchased by Physicians Hospital System from Indiana, [4] [5] then 3 days before opening, Altru Health System purchased the existing facilities and buildings. [2] [6]

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References

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