Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
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Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center is a not-for-profit, general care hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 in the Sunnyside area of Clackamas County
Clackamas County, Oregon
Clackamas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county was named after the Native Americans living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, who were part of the Chinookan people. As of 2010, the population was 375,992...

 in the U.S. state of Oregon
Oregon
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. Opened in 1975, the Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...

 owned facility is licensed for 233 hospital beds. Located in the Portland metropolitan area
Portland metropolitan area
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area , also known as the Portland metropolitan area or Greater Portland, is an urban area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered around the city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S...

 along Interstate 205 on the eastside, it is Kaiser's only hospital in the Portland area. The hospital includes Clackamas County's only heart surgery facility.

History

Kaiser Permanente opened the Sunnyside hospital on Portland’s eastside in 1975. Politician Mary Wendy Roberts was treated at the hospital and underwent surgery in 1978 for internal bleeding
Internal bleeding
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. In 1983, the hospital contained 125 beds, which grew to 150 beds in 1985. The south wing at the facility opened in 1984 as doctors' offices after initially being planned as standard patient rooms with hospital beds. At completion of the structure, it was determined there was then over capacity in hospital beds, and the space was converted to offices. These offices were remodeled for $4 million in 2002 to 2003, re-opening as a 20-bed unit in 2003.

The hospital treated Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxine Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition...

 in March 1994 for injuries from an assault in a park. In 2000, the stroke unit was named as one of the top 100 in the nation by the HCIA-Sachs Institute. Parking garages were opened on the campus in 2003 and 2005.

Kaiser Sunnyside completed construction of a four story building at a cost of $88 million in 2007. An expanded oncology
Oncology
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 department with 20 beds opened in that wing in January 2009. In April 2009, the hospital opened a 40-bed cardiac unit used for open heart surgery
Open Heart Surgery
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. This unit includes three surgery suites and was in planning since 2003. Both the cardiac unit and expanded cancer care were part of a $150 million expansion that added 241655 ft2 with 170 beds and additional medical office space to the campus.

Details

Kaiser Sunnyside is licensed for 233 hospital beds and is accredited by the Joint Commission. Services at the medical center include a maternity ward, cancer treatment, dialysis
Dialysis
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, a women’s health center, psychiatrics, weight control, and neonatal intermediate care. The hospital also includes the Center for Heart and Vascular Care, the first cardiac unit
Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...

 in the county.

In 2007, the center staffed 182 hospital beds and had 50,069 outpatient visits, as well as 38,804 emergency room visits. That year there were 5,196 inpatient surgeries and 1,601 babies born at the hospital. Kaiser Sunnyside discharged 14,557 people and had a total of 57,425 patient days. As of October 2008, the facility had approximately 2,400 employees.

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