The construction added 50000sqft of space and 32 hospital beds. In 1998, Meridian Park began a $21 million expansion. In May 1992, a $14 million expansion began that included a new maternity ward. A community health center was added in 1990 at a cost of $1 million. The facility was built on 48acre in a rural area at the edge of the Portland metropolitan area and employed 109 people when it opened.In 1989, Emanuel Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Mount Hood Medical Center merged to create Legacy Health Systems, with Meridian Park becoming Legacy Meridian Park Hospital. Groundbreaking occurred in 1971 and the hospital opened in 1973 when the city of Tualatin had a population of 750 at the 1970 Census and prior to the construction of now neighboring Interstate 205.
The medical facility was a joint venture between Emanuel Hospital (now Legacy Emanuel) and Physicians and Surgeons Hospital (now defunct) who formed Metropolitan Hospitals. Located in Clackamas County along the boundary with Washington County, it employs over 800 people and is Tualatin’s largest employer.HistoryOriginally titled as Southwest Hospital while under proposal beginning in 1968, it was renamed as Meridian Park when it opened after the Willamette Meridian that bisects the hospital grounds. The facility is licensed for 150 beds, but operates only 128. Opened in 1973, it is operated by Legacy Health System. Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Building 2, Suite 435. Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, formerly Legacy Meridian Park Hospital, is an acute care hospital in Tualatin, Oregon, United States. The clinic's services include personalized cancer and hematology treatment plans, chemotherapy and infusion, custom financial consultation, and access to cancer support groups and classes at OHSU.
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