Healthcare
It started as a small hospital in 1897, eventually merged with another health care facility in the city, and later began to blossom in a spacious new home officials built on farmland a local family donated.
A full 125 years following its launch, Washington Hospital continues to grow. It has expanded into Washington Health System, with 20-plus locations and an estimated 2,000 full- and part-time employees, 300 medical staff and 300 volunteers. It is the largest employer in Washington County and among the top employers in Greene, according to the state Department of Labor & Industry.
Being an independent health system is rife with challenges, yet WHS has dealt with two global pandemics, two world wars, polio, recessions, staggering inflation, and other contemporary issues.”My lesson from our ancestors,” said president/CEO Brook Ward, “is they had less technology, less science and less knowledge than we have today, and made it through that time. If they can make it, we will make it as well.”