We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
The front door signs sum up a bit of the name confusion. The Chinook Medical Center opened for business in 1980. In 1988, after some financial issues, the medical part of the center reorganized as a non-profit and was renamed Sweet Medical Center. The three current clinics at the center still own the roof, common waiting room and surrounding parking lot of the facility through a condominium arrangement.
Reporter's note: In June, 2016, Sweet Medical Center hosted the monthly Business After Hours event in Chinook. While writing a short history of the medical center before the After Hours, I was surprised when managers at the center said, "We don't know a lot of the specifics of the center's history." I decided to piece together a short history of the medical center and deal with why the facility is locally called both the Sweet Medical Center and the Chinook Medical Center.
Fortunately, there are people around who were involved in the creation of the Chinook Medical Center. Dr. Larry Obie, who...
