Kaiser Permanente has received approval from Oregon state regulators
to build a $285 million hospital on a 15-acre site in the Tanasbourne
area of Washington County.
Kaiser has historically used union contractors and workers on
its construction projects.
The 138-bed, 380,000-square-foot facility will house surgical
suites, an intensive care unit, an emergency department, a labor
and delivery unit and a pharmacy. The campus will also include a
specialty care medical office and outpatient surgery center.
State law charges the Oregon Department of Human Services with
reviewing proposals for new hospitals and nursing facilities to
ensure health-care consumers don’t pay for the cost of unnecessary
facilities.
The hospital is projected to be complete in 2011.
