Overview

Ashe Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit community hospital serving Ashe County, North Carolina, and nearby rural communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its care spans emergency treatment, surgery, cancer care and childbirth, with outpatient clinics for primary and specialist care. The hospital campus also includes a clinic for non-emergency problems, while its wellness center is open to the public regardless of where members receive medical care. Community shareholders elect the trustees who govern the hospital, and profits are reinvested in the facility rather than distributed to shareholders. Founded in 1941, Ashe Memorial Hospital is headquartered in Jefferson, North Carolina.