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Evergreen Health Monroe reports growth, aging facility and phased plan for expansion
Summary
Hospital leaders told the Monroe City Council on July 8 that Evergreen Health Monroe has seen sharp volume growth, is currently profitable but constrained by a 100‑year‑old building, and is pursuing a phased master facility plan that starts with emergency department expansion and adding beds, equipment and nearby property acquisitions.
Lisa LaPlante, chief administrative officer at Evergreen Health Monroe, told the Monroe City Council on July 8 that the public hospital district has seen rapid growth in patient volumes and specialty services even as hospitals statewide face lingering financial pressures.
“We are one of two hospitals in the state that are actually profitable. It is Evergreen Health Monroe and Children’s Hospital,” LaPlante said, noting the hospital’s affiliation with Evergreen Health in Kirkland but stressing separate governance and finances.
Leaders said the Monroe hospital’s catchment spans much of Snohomish County and has outgrown parts of an aging facility originally built in 1925. Chief Nursing Officer Megan Wersching said the emergency department is a 14‑bed unit that now sees about 60 to 80 patients a day and that inpatient volumes and surgical and…
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