OhioHealth OhioHealth is a not-for-profit system of hospitals and healthcare providers located in Columbus, Ohio and surrounding areas. The system consists of 12 hospitals, 200+ ambulatory sites, hospice, home health, medical equipment and other health serv ...

O'Bleness Hospital is a 144-bed community hospital at 55 Hospital Drive,

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45701. O'Bleness overlooks the

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. The westernmost wing of the hospital is known as the Cornwell Center, which houses medical offices; a separate office building slightly northwest of this was recently built, and is known as the Castrop Center. The Hopewell Health Center (formerly Tri-County Mental Health Services) complex is also next door to the west. The current President and CEO of OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital is LeeAnn Helber.

History

The predecessor to O'Bleness was the nearby

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, which has been placed on the

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. Sheltering Arms began as a birthing center in a private house at 19 Clark Street. A neighboring house was then purchased, and the two were connected and additional areas were added. O'Bleness Hospital was established in 1921. In January 2014

(

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) took over control of O'Bleness Hospital. As such, O'Bleness Memorial Hospital has changed their name to ''OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital'' to reflect the acquisition. Between 2019 and 2021, a new state-of-the-art ICU opened and there was an expansion and renovation of the ER with numerous equipment and facilities upgrades. In early 2021 there was further expansion with the construction of a new two story, 40,000 square foot Medical Office building.

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* Hospitals in Ohio Buildings and structures in Athens, Ohio Hospitals established in 1921 {{Ohio-hospital-stub