Lake Health District Hospital

An Excerpt from “Historical Review of Hospital Facilities in Lakeview” by William J. Strieby, M.D.The Growth of Lake County Oregon by Georgie Stephenson is a valuable source of information on the development of hospital facilities in Lakeview. Dr. and Mrs. G. Irving Russell constructed the first hospital in 1913. It was located on F and South Sixth Streets and was labeled “Lakeview General Hospital”. It had a bed capacity for twelve patients and was attended by two trained nurses. No other hospital was maintained between Reno on the south, The Dalles on the north, Klamath Falls on the west and Idaho on the east. After a brief period of operation, Dr. Russell died. Dr.’s Ballard and Oftendal purchased the property from Mrs. Lucy Russell.