Altru Health System
American healthcare provider
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 more than 3,200 health professionals and support staff. As a regional-owned health system, Altru has provided healthcare for over 130 years.
Altru Health System's facilities system includes an acute care hospital, a specialty hospital, a Level II trauma center, and twenty practice locations across eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
Facilities
Altru Health Systems facilities in Grand Forks include the following:
Altru Clinic, 1300 S. Columbia Road
Altru Behavioral Health, 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
Dak Minn Blood Bank, 3375 DeMers Avenue
Sanny and Jerry Ryan Center for Prevention and Genetics, 4401 S. 11th Street
Sunshine Hospitality Home, 933 Duke Dr.
Truyu Aesthetic Center, 3165 DeMers Avenue
Regional Facilities include:
Altru Clinic Crookston, 400 S. Minnesota Street Crookston, MN
Altru Clinic Devils Lake, 1001 7th Street NE Devils Lake, ND
Altru Hospital Devils Lake, 1031 7th Street NE Devils Lake, ND
Altru Clinic East Grand Forks, 607 DeMers Avenue East Grand Forks, MN
Altru Clinic Erskine, 23076 347th Street SE Erskine, MN
Altru Clinic Thief River Falls, 1845 Hwy. 59 South, Ste. 800 Thief River Falls, MN
History
The roots of Altru Health System date from 1892 with the construction of St. Luke’s Hospital
in downtown Grand Forks (renamed Deaconess Hospital in 1899).
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