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In 2007, hospital comparison information released by the federal government establishes OLBH as the Tri-State-area's leading medical facility in the care of pneumonia and number one in
Ashland for two important categories relating to heart failure. Also that year, OLBH unveiled the hospital's new $
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Huntington, West Virginia/Ashland, Kentucky area for pulmonary care and the hospital ranked among the top ten percent of hospitals nationwide in pulmonary care for six consecutive years. OLBH has received five-star
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of Covington, and asked for his help in creating a new hospital called Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH). Construction started in 1952 on a 31-acre (13 ha) tract, 4 miles (6.4 km) from downtown Ashland, Ky. At the time, the tract only was accessible by a small dirt road.
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In 2015, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (KYSHRM) named OLBH among the 100 companies on its annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky list. OLBH would receive the distinction for the next three years.
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Upon opening, the hospital had 92 beds and 40 bassinets. In March 1956, the road leading to the hospital was blacktopped and during the summer, a new highway, U.S. 23, was laid, thus reducing by about one-third the distance from Ashland to the hospital.
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