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Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland, OR


November 28, 2017 - Message received today... "Dear #NoHospitalDowntown, I have been following your work at NHD from the start. Have you ever been to Portland OR? If the worst case happens and the hospital is built downtown, we may gain hope from this Good Samaritan Hospital. This hospital is surrounded by the very coolest section of the city. Granted the hospital is 145 years old and the area developed around it..."

We have begun our investigation, our conversation on Facebook is here #NoHospitalDowntown Discusses Good Sam in Portland Oregon. Have a look at this hospital's location in this Portland, OR Neighborhood via Google maps. Find them on Twitter @OurLegacyHealth and via their website at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. Learn more about the Portland Metropolitan Area via Wikipedia.



It is very easy to see that this hospital is in a very dense, mixed use, neighborhood...

Overview: "Good Sam" is licensed for 539 beds, but only staffs 247 of the beds. Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Services at the facility include emergency services, oncology, cardiac rehabilitation and other heart services, maternity, radiology, an intensive care unit, orthopedics, pharmacy, eye health, surgery, sleep disorders, transplants, and women's health, among others. For 2012, the hospital had a total of 11,275 discharges, with 52,005 patient days, 3,433 surgeries, 1,028 births, and 23,763 emergency room visits. That year it had $653 million in charges, provided $32.8 million in charity care, and had an operating margin of $26.5 million. [Ref.]

The proposed Utica concept Bulldozes An Entire Utica Neighborhood & Proposes A Sea Of Parking. Can we end our comparison here? Also, Utica is a small city of 62,000 within a region of 299,397 people. The Portland area boasts 2,226,009 people and, as we will see, has more hospitals around Good Sam.

We are investigating further, please check back


Don't destroy Utica's Downtown Utica's Columbia Lafayette Neighborhood, there's 64 acres at St. Luke's on a green hilltop!



No Studies, No Reports, thus we remain #NoHospitalDowntown