| Tillamook County General Hospital | |
| Adventist Health | |
|---|---|
| The hospital's main building in 2011 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Medicare/Medicaid/charity |
| Hospital type | General |
| Affiliated university | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Services | |
| Beds | 25 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.TCGH.com |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Tillamook County General Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital located in Tillamook, a rural community on the Northern Oregon coast.
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In 1913, Dr. Robert T. Boals built a hospital to aid his own growing practice in Tillamook, Oregon. The Boals Hospital later became the Charleton Hospital when Dr. Max Charleton bought it. In 1942, hospital administration decided to close the hospital on January 1, 1943. Faced with the possibility of no medical facility in the county, Tillamook County commissioners opted to buy the hospital and assume operation responsibilities.[1]
By the late 1940s, 45 beds were in use at the hospital although its actual capacity was only 35 beds. The hospital board applied for federal funds to build a new, larger hospital and in 1950, the Tillamook County General Hospital (TCGH) was constructed at a cost of $1,175,000. Over the next 25 years, the hospital slowly began to decline and on August 13, 1973, TCGH joined Adventist Health.[1]
In 1975, county residents approved a bond issue allowing a $2.4 million hospital renovation to begin. As a non-profit organization, much of TCGH revenues stay within Tillamook county in the form of purchases and payroll as well as the reinvestment by Adventist Health in upgrading equipment. In September 1996, voters of Tillamook County overwhelmingly approved a $10 million bond levy to upgrade and renovate TCGH.
The project, completed in the fall of 2000, added 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) to the existing building and renovated approximately 38,000 square feet (3,500 m2). Improvements were made in a number of departments including Emergency, Surgery, Recovery, Outpatient Program, Laboratory and a Birthing Center. Other areas of improvement included replacement of plumbing and electrical, additional air conditioning, increased capacity of emergency generator, expanded fire alarm system and upgrading of the building to meet current earthquake standards.
Tillamook County General Hospital is part of Adventist Health, a health care organization headquartered in Roseville, California. Adventist Health represents regional delivery networks spanning California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. The networks comprise 85 distinct business units including 20 acute care facilities—controlled, managed or leased—with more than 3,000 beds, 17,000 employees, num
erous clinics and outpatient facilities, medical foundations and 18 home health agencies.[2]
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