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“We plan to continue our support of agencies serving the poor and vulnerable, such as the Essential Health Clinic, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, Community Action and others,” he said.
Representatives from many of the organizations publicly supported the new medical center, as have county business and government leaders.
“We welcome this decision and look forward to offering better access and more local health care choices for the workers and residents of Hillsboro and the neighboring communities,” said Jonathan Schlueter, executive director of the Westside Economic Alliance.
Schlueter was one of a half-dozen people who testified in favor of the project at a public hearing in early December.
In Oregon, any organization that wants to build a new hospital must submit a certificate of need application to the state Department of Human Services. Kaiser Permanente submitted its application in 2005 and received approval Wednesday.
Kaiser Permanente’s only other Portland-area hospital is the Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas. That facility has 196 beds and is adding a 200,000-square-foot patient care wing.
More than 485,000 people in Oregon and Southwest Washington receive their health care from Kaiser Permanente.
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HELLO??? If there was such a need in the Portland region, why then did the city of Hillsboro not permit Providence into their city near the Hillsboro airport? Well, its called politics! The supporters of the Tuality Hospital didn't want the direct competition. Apparently, Tuality did seem to think that Kaiser being another 3 or 4 miles further east of the Hillsboro Airport would NOT mean competition to them. Strange. I think if someone looked real hard at all the hospital capacity in the Portland region (including Clark County), one would find that there is really more than we need. There is too much overbuilding in the medical services field and way too much specialization construction (installing big expensive equipment and clean rooms, etc.). It is very clear that nurses are underpaid (including elderly care facility staff) and in short supply. There is NO SHORT SUPPLY of overpaid CEOs making 300 and 400% the wage of the hourly slave mopping the floors of the 1/2-unused hospitals and doctor's complexes.
For every hospital built here in Oregon and Clark County, yours and my insurance rates go up even higher. Sky's the limit I guess. However, my pocketbook can't sustain it. Our generation is running out of resources and our quality of life will continue to slip ever so subtly.
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Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 01:44 AM
Nurses underpaid? Hardly. My nurse friend who works appox 40 hours a week makes $85K per year. I don't consider that to be underpaid.
The question that should be asked is how are all these new hospitals being paid for? The answer is: YOU! There is a reason the cost of health care is increasing at 3X the rate of inflation.
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Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 07:47 AM
FINALLY! A true Kaiser hospital on the west-side! As a Kaiser patient I am thrilled. I LOVE the Kaiser providers. They are fantastic and care about their patients. I HATE going to St. Vincent's because Kaiser patients are treated as 2nd class citizens there. Pain management at ST. V's is virtually non-existent and expecting a patient to be in pain is unacceptable. Having to drive to Clackamas for decent treatment is crazy!
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Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 05:47 PM
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Re: Kaiser Permanente gets OK to build $285 million Tanasbourne hospital
excuse me.... any organization that wants to build a hospital in oregon has to submit a certificate of need ??
i didn't realize that we were running over with available hospital beds and health care personnel in this state
"chris moore"
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Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:16 PM