With Good Sam closing, focus groups looking for feedback

Even after Good Samaritan Hospital is torn down, health services will remain at the campus through Fiver Rivers Health Centers. CONTRIBUTED

Even after Good Samaritan Hospital is torn down, health services will remain at the campus through Fiver Rivers Health Centers. CONTRIBUTED

Residents who live in the neighborhoods surrounding Good Samaritan Hospital are invited to give feedback at a series of upcoming focus groups.

Five Rivers Health Centers, a nonprofit network of community health centers, will remain at its headquarters in northwest Dayton after Good Samaritan closes later this year. Five Rivers leadership now wants input on what the community's health care needs are and what gaps could need filled after the hospital closes.

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Residents in the neighborhoods near Good Samaritan Hospital can attend one of the following focus group sessions at the Five Rivers Family Health Center at 2261 Philadelphia Drive:

- 5:30 p.m. March 19. Participants should RSVP by March 14.

- 12 p.m. March 20. Participants should RSVP by March 16.

- 5:30 p.m. March 23. Participants should RSVP by March 19.

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Each session will last about an hour and a half and includes a meal and gift card. In addition, all focus group participants will have their names entered into a larger gift card drawing.

You do not need to be a current Five Rivers Health Centers patient to participate in these focus group sessions.

To RSVP or get more information, contact Kim Bramlage at kim.bramlage@frhc.org or (937) 734-6714.

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