Albany General Hospital

Crisis in health care: Check the ER

Written March 30th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

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You may have heard that our health care system in Oregon is in trouble. Going to the Albany emergency room gives you a small demonstration of what is going on.

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Tags: Albany General Hospital, emergency room, health care, Samaritan

Hospital street to get ‘quick overlay’

Written July 20th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Potholes being a constant local concern, in February I wrote about the rocky shape of Sixth Avenue in front of Albany General Hospital. So I was interested to see what the City of Albany has just posted on social media.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany General Hospital, curb ramps, Elm Street overlay, Facebook, paving, potholes, Sixth Avenue

That’s the sound of medical transport

Written June 8th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

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On the evening of the last day of May, the whop-whop-whop of an approaching helicopter drew my attention upward. Then I saw the aircraft preparing to land at Albany General Hospital, and I got off the bike and watched.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany General Hospital, helipad, Life Flight Network, medical transport

Samaritan’s Geary clinic to expand

Written January 2nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering

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It looks like the expansion of Samaritan Health Services in Albany will continue in 2017. The city’s community development department has approved a site plan that calls for a big addition to Albany General Hospital’s clinic at 1700 Geary St. S.E.

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Tags: Albany General Hospital, Geary Street clinic, Samaritan Health Services

HASSO HERING

Crisis in health care: Check the ER

Hospital street to get ‘quick overlay’

That’s the sound of medical transport

Samaritan’s Geary clinic to expand