Bess Kaiser Hospital was a hospital in Portland, Oregon, United States, which closed in 1998.[1]
| Bess Kaiser Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Kaiser Permanente | |
 Former Bess Kaiser, now Adidas | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′34″N 122°41′42″W / 45.5595°N 122.6950°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Oregon |
The hospital opened in 1959 and was the first postwar Portland-area hospital in Henry J. Kaiser's Permanente Foundation health care network.[2][circular reference][3] It was named after Henry J. Kaiser's wife Bess.[4] The former location is now occupied by adidas America Headquarters.
References
edit- ^ Kristina Brenneman (July 30, 1999). "Bess Kaiser's demise proves boon for some, but not for all". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Henry J. Kaiser#cite note-15
- ^ "Jesse Jackson plans a visit to protest closure of center". Register-Guard. September 1, 1995. pp. 3B. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915-1950. Georgian Press. pp. 583–584. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5.
External links
edit- "Bess Kaiser Hospital, Portland, Oregon".
- "Week in Review: July 19, 1996". - Portland Business Journal
- "Hospitals expand to take on Kaiser enrollees". - Portland Business Journal
- "Bess Kaiser Hospital (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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