February IS. 2012_______________________
Mississippi
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The P o r tla n d O b s e rv e r
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Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president o f the Children’s Defense Fund, helped celebrate the grand opening o f the new Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center, at a dedication ceremony on Friday where she was a featured speaker.
Randall Children’s Hospital Opens
New $245
million facility
on Legacy
Emanuel
campus
After three years of construc­
tion, the Randall Children’s Hospi­
tal, located on the campus of Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center in north
Portland, opened its doors to the
public with a grand opening cel­
ebration throughout the weekend.
For decades, the children’s hos­
pital at Legacy Emanuel has been a
regional leader in providing care to
infants, children and teens in Port­
land and the Pacific Northwest.
As one of Oregon’s largest pro­
viders of pediatric inpatient and
trauma services, with more than 600
physicians and surgeons, the health
center provides services to nearly
100,000 youth each year.
The new $245 million children’s
health facility will provide acute care,
neonatal intensive care, pediatric
intensive care, emergency care,
children’s day surgery, imaging,
rehabilitation and cancer and hema­
tology care at the Children’s Cancer
and Blood Disorders Program.
The Children’s Emergency De­
partment is also more than twice its
former size, completely separate
from adult emergency care.
The building, which followed the
Green Guidelines for Healthcare,
incorporates sustainable design
features throughout the building
and landscaping, and features fam­
ily spaces, three new glass-enclosed
family lounges, five playrooms, a
classroom, a teen center, an art
therapy studio, a theater, a wellness
center, a gallery and a terrace gar­
den.
For more information about the
building and its resources, visit
legacyhealth.org/newhome.
Molly and Patrick Bell
attended the Grand
Opening of the Randall
Children’s Hospital on
Friday with their three
children Lucy, Katie
and Joey. The family,
excited about the new
facility, knows hospi­
tals well, after Lucy,
10, was diagnosed
with a congenital heart
de fect at birth.