Company Profile
Good Samaritan
Company Overview
About Good Samaritan: Good Samaritan is a regional referral center that has been a leader in health care and wellness for over 100 years; serving southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare by promoting wellness and healing through trusting relationships. Our medical staff, comprised of over 120 active physicians and over 30 advanced practice providers, represents more than 35 different specialties and cares for patients spanning a 10-county area in excess of 220,000 people. Consistently at the forefront of technology, Good Samaritan opened a new, state-of-the-art five story patient tower in July 2015 which comprises a full range of healthcare services from acute care to chronic disease management. Our team’s dedication to world class patient care is what differentiates us from other regional healthcare systems. We are proud that generations of families have chosen us as their preferred healthcare provider, allowing us to improve the health of our community, one patient at a time.
Company History
In 1908, we opened our doors to serve our community’s health needs. Over the years, that single building has become many as we responded to your changing medical needs and the area’s growth. But one thing has never changed—our mission to serve. It is put into action every day by dedicated health-care professionals, employees, and volunteers.
1901
The plight of a sick traveler motivates the women of the Columbian Reading Circle to establish a hospital.
1903
The Clark-Gibault Memorial Hospital Association is founded to facilitate the building of a county hospital.
1908
Good Samaritan opens its doors on February 8, 1908. The 25-bed facility is the first county hospital in Indiana.
Edith Willis becomes the hospital’s first superintendent (1908-1944). Her staff includes an assistant superintendent, a student nurse, a janitor and a cook.
1918
The North Wing is added, bringing the number of patient beds to 60.
1922
The completed South Wing provides 21 more patient beds and 19 bassinets.
1944
The medical staff purchases an X-ray machine for the hospital with their own money. Good Samaritan’s radiology department is born.
1949
Good Samaritan Memorial Building is completed; its 175 patient beds answer an urgent need as patient volume soars.
1958
Major renovations bring the number of patient beds to 221 and add state-of-the-art facilities for a laboratory, physical medicine, radiology, and rehabilitation.
1962
The Knox County Hospital Association is founded. It continues to play an integral role in the hospital’s growth and development.
1967
A new four-bed cardiac care unit is unveiled, heralding the birth of Cardiology in Vincennes.
1968
Groundbreaking is held for the modern, seven-story Columbian Tower addition.
1971
The Columbian Tower addition opens to the public.
1980
Groundbreaking is held for the Columbian Tower West.
1984
Columbian Tower West is completed, bringing the number of patient beds to 342 and adding a new cardiology department and a modernized emergency room.
1989
The new Diagnostic and Treatment Center opens with a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, a Radiation Therapy Planning Simulator, a Cobalt Radiation Therapy Unit and a Linear Accelerator Radiation Unit.
1993
The Heart Center opens to the public. The hospital’s first open-heart surgery is performed on July 14, 1993.
1995
The five-story Health Pavilion opens with the latest outpatient technology and a Women’s and Infants Center.
1997
Good Samaritan creates a Foundation to secure private, philanthropic support for the hospital.
2001
The Medical Arts Building is completed.
2004
The two-story, 30,000-square-foot Same Day Surgery Center opens. It streamlines outpatient services and specializes in quick, less invasive surgical procedures.
2005
The inpatient surgery renovation is completed.
2008
Good Samaritan celebrates its centennial anniversary. The 25,000-square-foot Cancer Pavilion is completed. It centralizes a full spectrum of cancer care including radiation and infusion therapy in a patient-focused atmosphere.
2012
Groundbreaking is held for the BEACON Project (Building Excellence Around Communities, Opportunities, and Needs). The project encompasses a 120-bed, five-story inpatient tower, a redesign of key health care service areas, and an upgrade to the hospital’s engineering systems.
2015
Opening of Gibault Memorial Tower.
2016
Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit moved to a newly renovated space on the second floor of Columbian Tower West. LaSalle moved to a newly renovated space on the third floor of Columbian Tower East. Vincennes Orthopedics moved to a newly renovated space on the first floor of the Health Pavilion.