Tag: Olympic Medical Center

This is a view of the hospital at Olympic Medical Center that you can only get from the water.

Located in Port Angeles, this is Sequim’s nearest hospital, a 67-bed acute care facility and level 3 emergency department. They can handle a lot of our basic needs but serious trauma and more specialized surgery and care means a trip to Seattle.

This photo was taken from the Black Ball Ferry on the way to Victoria. I don’t know what the crane was doing but it’s not a permanent fixture.

Olympic Medical Center recently completed construction of this new clinic in Port Angeles, about 15 miles west of Sequim. Like many rural areas there never seem to be enough doctors. Recruiting and retaining specialists is a particular challenge and many of us travel to Seattle, an all day affair, for care that isn’t available locally. The new clinic, above, helps centralize and expand services.