Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, is a non-profit, acute care

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in an

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section of

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, in the West Haven-Sylvan area north of

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and west of

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, United States – and within the

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. The hospital was founded in 1875 by the Sisters of Providence, a

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sisterhood from

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’s largest Oregon hospital.

History

St Vincent Hospital Portland Oregon 1910

Dedicated on July 19, 1875, St. Vincent Hospital was the state's first permanent hospital, founded in the Northwest district of

, by the Sisters of Providence, a

sisterhood from

, Canada. In January 1971, the original campus in northwest Portland was closed and the current facility opened in Washington County. On January 31, 1971, the hospital used in-part large military buses capable of carrying 18 stretchers at a time to transport patients to the new hospital building. The facility at that time had a single, 13-story tower that consisted of seven floors of patient rooms. The new building had 400 hospital beds, while the old hospital had 420 beds.

Post-millennium

In 2004, the hospital was one of three in Oregon named by Solucient as a top 100 hospital in the United States. In November 2009, the employees at the hospital, in conjunction with Medline Industries, produced the "Pink Glove Dance" video (set to "Down") to raise awareness of breast cancer, with the video going viral on the Internet and making national news. In October 2015, work began on a four-year, $85 million remodeling of the nine-story main hospital building, which was built in 1971. Along with

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ting and modest expansion, the project will add a new aluminum exterior over the building's existing exposed-concrete surface, greatly changing its appearance when completed.

Programs and institutes

St. Vincent has specialized programs including Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Oregon Medical Laser Center, Providence Multiple Sclerosis Center, and Providence Stroke Center. The hospital is licensed for 523 beds, and has over 3,500 employees. There are approximately 1,647 medical staff. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is also one of four nursing magnet hospitals in Portland, the others being

Providence Portland Medical Center Providence Portland Medical Center, located at 4805 NE Glisan St. in the North Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, is a full-service medical center specializing in cancer and cardiac care. Opened in 1941, the hospital is licensed for 483 beds, ...

Oregon Health & Science University Hospital Oregon Health & Science University Hospital (OHSU Hospital) is a 576-bed teaching hospital, biomedical research facility, and Level I trauma center located on the campus of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland in the U.S. state ...

, and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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