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Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Oregon)

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The 127.77-foot (38.94 m) main building has nine stories above ground plus a penthouse, and two underground floors. The steel and concrete high-rise building has a total of 684,985 square feet (63,637.2 m) of space. Overall, the campus has 1,532,254 square feet (142,351.1 m) of space.
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Due to budget cuts, the facility announced 150 layoffs in June 1996. At that time, the hospital's budget was $ 140 million, which grew to $ 192 million in 2000. In July 2006, the hospital opened a new $ 3.7 million, 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m) center for hearing disabilities. The Portland VA
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Construction ended in September 1987 on the main building, and it was dedicated in November 1987. In February 1988, the new $ 136 million facility opened to patients on Marquam Hill after a 364-day delay in construction, and demolition of the old buildings started in May 1988. When the new facility
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The Veterans Administration announced in May 1976 that a new hospital would be built in Portland. A local group formed in 1980 to fight construction, and went to court in 1981 to try to stop the project. A new building was finished in 1981 in order to move some operations away from the planned
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In 1992, a 660-foot (200 m) long pedestrian bridge linking OHSU Hospital and the VA Hospital opened. The $ 7.4 million bridge is the longest of its type in North America. Due to staffing problems the VA closed its emergency room at night in April 1994.
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opened, it had a capacity of 478 beds, but never had staffing to operate at full capacity, and as of 1990 only used 399 beds. The final phase of construction was a $ 11.7 million, 413-space parking garage built starting in 1990.
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Services at the 160-bed medical center's campus include primary care, radiology, speech and language pathology, social work, prosthetics, rehabilitation, emergency care, a pharmacy, and laboratory services, among others. The
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was constructed with 2.4 million pounds (1,100 long tons; 1,200 short tons) of steel and is supported by two towers, each 150 feet (46 m) tall.
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Kalkan, Erol; Krishna Banga; Hasan S. Ulusoy; Jon Peter B. Fletcher; William S. Leith; Shahneam Reza; Timothy Cheng.
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Meehan, Brian T. (March 13, 1990). "Hatfield contends Veterans Center provides first-class medical care".
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location of the new hospital building. The suit was eventually dismissed in October 1981 by judge
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Woodward, Steve (April 23, 1994). "Veterans Hospital to end nighttime emergency care".
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served 33,000 patients in 2000, 51,000 patients in 2004, which grew to 80,000 in 2012.
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Hill, Jim (March 1, 1990). "Medical care at Veterans Hospital under examination".
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The 660-foot (200 m) long pedestrian bridge linking the medical center to
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Richeson, A. B. (January 1, 1929). "Portland Becoming Center of Medicine".
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O'Neill, Patrick (December 14, 1987). "New VA Hospital to open".
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The University of Oregon Medical School's regents (now
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Bateson Co. serving as the 18:Veterans Affairs Portland Medical Center 1234:Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital 785: 783: 320: 213:Oregon Health & Sciences University 195:(Portland VA) is a 160-bed, acute care 1122:Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital 1021:Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center 765: 675:"Portland VA center sets medical pace" 465: 463: 233:Oregon Health & Science University 201:Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs 980:Providence St. Vincent Medical Center 799:. U.S. Geological Survey. p. 101 706:. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 375:. 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Veterans Affairs Portland Medical Center
United States Department of Veterans Affairs


Portland
Coordinates
45°29′49″N 122°41′01″W / 45.49707°N 122.6836°W / 45.49707; -122.6836
Care system
Type
www.portland.va.gov
Hospitals in Oregon
medical facility
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs
Marquam Hill
Portland
Oregon Health & Sciences University
Oregon Health & Science University Hospital
skybridge
Oregon Health & Science University
veterans hospital
quonset huts
World War II
Robert C. Belloni
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
ZGF Architects LLP
general contractor

acute care
The Joint Commission
OHSU Hospital

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