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45°33′34″N 122°41′42″W / 45.5595°N 122.6950°W / 45.5595; -122.6950
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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 / 45.5595; -122.6950
Organization
Type General
History
Opened1959
Closed1998
Links
Lists Hospitals in Oregon

Bess Kaiser Hospital was a hospital in Portland, Oregon, United States, which closed in 1998. [1]

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

  1. ^ Kristina Brenneman (July 30, 1999). "Bess Kaiser's demise proves boon for some, but not for all". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. ^ Henry J. Kaiser#cite note-15
  3. ^ "Jesse Jackson plans a visit to protest closure of center". Register-Guard. September 1, 1995. pp. 3B. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  4. ^ 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.

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