PDX INDEX: Kids & Hospitals
$245 M
ESTIMATED COST of the new Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in North Portland, which opens this month.
$245 M
ESTIMATED COST of the new Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in North Portland, which opens this month.
1800
Number of CONSTRUCTION WORKERS and SUBCONTRACTORS employed in its creation.
2:0
Number of CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS in Portland (OHSU’s Doernbecher is the other) vs. number of children’s hospitals in the rest of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
35 Percentage increase in PREMATURE BIRTHS nationwide since 1981.
-7
Decline in Oregon INFANT MORTALITY, per 1,000 live births, since 1980.
53
Sets of MULTIPLE BIRTHS (49 sets of twins, four sets of triplets) treated by Legacy’s neonatal intensive care program last year.
1
Number of MOVIE THEATERS (featuring 15 seats and a 12-foot screen) at the new Randall.
10
Number of ANIMALS (including dragonfly, fish, and bear) featured in the hospital’s design motifs.
