Altru Health System is an American healthcare organization headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Altru is a nonprofit serving over 230,000 residents in northeast North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. It employs around 3,500 health professionals and support staff. As a regional-owned health system, Altru has provided outstanding healthcare for over 130 years.

Altru Health System's facilities include a 257-bed acute care hospital, a 10-bed specialty center, 14 clinics across eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Altru Hospital has been designated a Level II trauma center.

Targeted for completion in late 2024, Altru’s newly constructed hospital will include seven floors, space for 226 licensed patient beds, a 16-bed observation unit and an entire negative pressure unit.

Facilities[edit]

Altru Health System Hospital
Altru Health System
Geography
Location	1200 South Columbia Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates	47°54′40″N 97°04′09″W / 47.91102602555691°N 97.06917973795684°W / 47.91102602555691; -97.06917973795684
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	General
Affiliated university	Mayo Clinic Care Network[1]
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma center
History
Former name(s)	St. Luke's Hospital (1892), Grand Forks Clinic (1940), St. Michael's Hospital (1907), The United Hospital (1971), Altru Health Systems (1997)
Opened	1892
Links
Website	www.altru.org/find-a-location/location-profile/altru-hospital
Lists	Hospitals in North Dakota

Altru Health Systems facilities in Grand Forks include the following:

• Altru 1300 Columbia, 1300 S. Columbia Road
• Altru 860 Columbia, 860 S. Columbia Road
• Altru Cancer Center, 960 S. Columbia Road
• Altru Family Medicine Center, 1380 S. Columbia Road
• Altru Family Medicine Residency, 725 Hamline Street
• Altru Health Foundation, 2501 DeMers Avenue
• Altru Hospital, 1200 S. Columbia Road
• Altru Patient Services, 3065 Demers Avenue
• Altru Professional Center, 4440 S. Washington Street
• Altru Performance Center, 1375 S. Columbia Road
• Altru Specialty Center, 4500 S. Washington Street
• Altru Sleep Center, 4350 S.Washington Street
• Altru Rehabilitation Hospital, 4500 S. Washington Street
• Dak Minn Blood Bank, 3375 DeMers Avenue
• Sanny and Jerry Ryan Center for Prevention and Genetics, 4401 South 11th Street
• Sunshine Hospitality Home, 933 Duke Dr.
• Truyu Aesthetic Center, 3165 DeMers Avenue

History[edit]

The roots of Altru Health System date back to 1892 when St. Luke’s Hospital was built in downtown Grand Forks (renamed Deaconess Hospital in 1899). In the 1997, Altru Health System was formed and expanded into one of the largest health systems in the region.

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