Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital is a 48-bed acute care

Acute care

Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...

 medical facility

Hospital

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 located in Newport

Newport, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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. Services include a level IV trauma center

Trauma center

A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...

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The hospital was built in 1952 as a 17-bed acute care facility. Since then, it has been remodeled and expanded to meet the growing needs of the community. Currently, the hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital, with 380 employees, 110 of whom are nurses, and 120 volunteers.

It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).