Bess Kaiser Hospital Explained

Bess Kaiser Hospital
Org/Group:	Kaiser Permanente
Location:	Portland
Region:	Multnomah County
State:	Oregon
Country:	US
Coordinates:	45.5595°N -122.695°W
Type:	General
Founded:	1959
Closed:	1998

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] [3]} It was named after Henry J. Kaiser's wife Bess.^[4] The former location is now occupied by adidas America Headquarters.

External links

• Web site: Bess Kaiser Hospital, Portland, Oregon.
• Web site: Week in Review: July 19, 1996. - Portland Business Journal
• Web site: Hospitals expand to take on Kaiser enrollees. - Portland Business Journal
• retired. 1161972 . Bess Kaiser Hospital (historical).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bess Kaiser's demise proves boon for some, but not for all . July 30, 1999 . Kristina Brenneman . Portland Business Journal . 2009-10-17.
2. [Henry J. Kaiser#cite note-15]
3. News: Jesse Jackson plans a visit to protest closure of center. September 1, 1995. Register-Guard. 3B. 2009-11-04.
4. Book: MacColl, E. Kimbark. The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915-1950. Georgian Press. 1979. 583–584. 0-9603408-1-5.