>> Did you know the Dayton community helped build Good Sam?
During the early years, the hospital was one of 1,125 nursing schools in the country providing a free education for nurses under the Nurses Training Act of 1943, according to the Good Samaritan Hospital History.
In 1954, the hospital opened the Madonna Pavilion, providing the second-largest obstetrics program in Ohio.
In more recent years, a four-story, 96,000 square foot addition was completed in 2015 and included a 22-bed emergency department.
Premier Health announced the hospital will close at the end of 2018.
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