Astria Regional Medical Center

Astria Regional Medical Center
Astria Regional Medical Center
Atria Health
Geography
Location	Yakima, Washington, United States
Organization
Type	Community
Services
Emergency department	Level III trauma center
Beds	150
Links
Website	www.astria.health/locations/astria-regional-medical-center/
Lists	Hospitals in Washington

Astria Regional Medical Center was a 150-bed hospital located in Yakima, Washington.^[1]

This hospital was a Level III adult trauma center.^[2]

Astria Regional Medical Center closed January 13, 2020.^[3]

History[]

On August 2, 1891, the Sisters of Charity of Providence agreed to take care of sick government workers and the residents of Yakima, thus creating Yakima's first and only hospital, a distinction that was held for more than 59 years.

The first hospital was a 7-room house on the corner of Yakima and Naches Avenues. The hospital cared for 37 patients the first year, and within a year the hospital moved to a larger building to keep up with the capacity.

St. Elizabeth's grew from performing their first surgery on a kitchen table in the 1890s to opening the first coronary care unit in the state in the 1960s and the region's first comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation facility in the 1980s. In 1994, St. Elizabeth Medical Center became Providence Yakima Medical Center, and in 2003 the name was changed to Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center. In 2017, the hospital joined a healthcare system called Astria Health and was renamed Astria Regional Medical Center. The cardiac services were expanded and within the hospital, the expert cardiology staff, state of the art facilities and cardiac programs were renamed Astria Heart Institute.

Accredited by the Joint Commission.^[4]

Astria Health, which runs hospitals in Yakima, Toppenish and Sunnyside and a family of clinics throughout the Yakima Valley, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May, 2019.^[5]

Astria Regional Medical Center closed January 13, 2019.^[3]

COVID-19[]

The state of Washington entered into an agreement to lease Astria Regional Medical Center as a temporary field hospital to support the state of Washington during the COVID-19 epidemic. The state is planning to lease the building through September 30, 2020 and will pay $1.5 Million for the lease. The medical center is planning on being staffed by 80 staff from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. It is unknown when the building will be ready to receive patients if it is needed.^[6]

References[]

^ "Hospital Details". Washington State Hospital Association. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Washington State Trauma Designated Services" (PDF). Washington State Dept of Health - Health Systems Quality Assurance - Office of Community Health Systems. December 29, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Yakima, MAI HOANG (8 January 2020). "Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima to close". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved 2020-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Quality Check - Consumer Search - Results". Quality Check. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ Yakima, MAI HOANG (6 December 2019). "Astria Health continues reorganization process with court approval". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved 2020-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Yakima, MAI HOANG (1 April 2020). "Plans call for using Astria Regional for non-COVID-19 patients". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved 2020-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)