PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – For the next year, FOX 12 is counting down to America’s 250th birthday by sharing stories of Pacific Northwest history. In this segment, FOX 12 shares the story of Oregon’s first and oldest hospital.
“You fortified with friendship and prayer and caring more than treating her body. You nourished her soul more than giving her hope. You gave her happiness recognition and kinds of personal fulfillment she had never before experienced,” said Akiko Erwin.
Erwin is grateful for the cancer treatment her mother received at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Both of her parents would end up being cancer patients at the hospital; her father treated at no charge…