Blue Mountain Hospital

Blue Mountain Hospital
Blue Mountain Hospital
Blue Mountain Hospital District
Geography
Location	John Day, Oregon, United States
Organization
Care system	Community-based non-profit
Type	General medical and surgical
Services
Emergency department	Level IV trauma center
Beds	25
History
Opened	1949
Links
Website	http://www.bluemountainhospital.org/
Lists	Hospitals in Oregon

Blue Mountain Hospital offers medical services in John Day, Oregon, United States. Part of the Blue Mountain Hospital District, it was built in 1949 in Prairie City and re-built in 1960 in John Day. The hospital district, a non-profit managed by a local board of directors, includes Blue Mountain Nursing Home, a 52-bed unit in Prairie City.^[1]^[2]

The hospital has three monitored intensive-care beds, two birthing suites, and two surgery suites for inpatient and outpatient surgeries. It has a 24-hour emergency department, a helipad on site that can provide rapid transport in critical cases, and an ambulance service. The hospital also has a large bore MRI machine, installed in 2013.^[3]^[4] It offers outreach clinics in nearby communities and monthly clinics in John Day with physicians specializing in urology, orthopedics, gynecology, ophthalmology, cardiology, and podiatry.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hospital History". Blue Mountain Hospital District. 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
^ "Blue Mountain Hospital". Grant County Oregon. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ Carpenter, Angel (July 14, 2015). "New CEO leads at Blue Mountain Hospital". Blue Mountain Eagle. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ Carpenter, Angel (July 9, 2013). "Blue Mountain Hospital Installs New MRI System, Building". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved May 5, 2018.