Editing Chehalis, Washington (section)

===Healthcare===
The first known hospital in the city was built in 1903 within the Pennsylvania Avenue-West Side Historic District. Four years later, the St. Helens Hospital was constructed as a site to treat elderly and poor citizens. The wood building was razed after the 1927 concrete build of a new and expanded St. Helens Hospital. The care center was expanded again in 1952 and a nursing home annex was added in 1964. Another expansion in 1970 included such additions as a surgery center and pharmacy but by the mid-1970s, the hospital was reported as struggling financially.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Julie |title=Medical care grew locally from doctor's offices to large hospitals |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/julie-mcdonald-medical-care-grew-locally-from-doctors-offices-to-large-hospitals,338912 |access-date=July 25, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=April 22, 2024}}</ref> The site became of use as a detox and addiction recovery center run by American Behavioral Health Systems.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Marqise |title=Former Chehalis Hospital Changes Hands |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/former-chehalis-hospital-changes-hands,189770? |access-date=December 7, 2021 |work=The Chronicle |date=May 21, 2009}}</ref>

Chehalis is served by Centralia's 128-bed, non-profit [[Providence Health & Services|Providence]] Centralia Hospital for short-term [[Hospital#General and acute care|acute care]] that also provides services for surgery, cancer, [[obstetrics]], and is equipped with a 24-hour emergency room and an [[Intensive care unit|ICU]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Providence Centralia Hospital |url=https://www.wsha.org/members/providence-centralia-hospital/ |website=wsha.org |publisher=Washington State Hospital Association}}</ref> There are several [[clinic]]s in Chehalis, including Providence Chehalis Family Medicine, Northwest Pediatric Care, and Chehalis Children's Clinic. Mental health services are provided by Cascade Mental Health Care.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Natalie |title=Chehalis ABHS to Be Only Site for Court-Mandated Drug Detox Program in Western Washington |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-abhs-to-be-only-site-for-court-mandated-drug-detox-program-in-western-washington,18994? |access-date=December 7, 2021 |work=The Chronicle |date=March 5, 2018}}</ref>

The Lewis County Public Health & Social Services building is located in the government district of the city, north of the Lewis County Courthouse.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis County Public Health & Social Services |url=https://lewiscountywa.gov/departments/public-health/about-public-health/ |website=lewiscountywa.gov |publisher=Lewis County, Washington}}</ref>

Military veterans were able to procure health services at the Lewis County Community-Based Outpatient Clinic located in the Lewis County Mall but the facilities were closed in 2021 due to patient expenses that were considered the highest in the nation for a [[Veteran's Administration]] (VA) clinic. Patients have since been directed to an Olympia VA clinic and additional local health services have been provided by a mobile medical unit overseen by the Seattle-based [[Medical facilities of Seattle|VA Puget Sound Health Care System]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roland |first1=Mitchell |title=Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez renews call to reopen VA clinic in Lewis County |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/rep-gluesenkamp-perez-renews-call-to-reopen-va-clinic-in-lewis-county,334158 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=February 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Chehalis VA Clinic to Close in October |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-va-clinic-to-close-in-october,269950 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=July 30, 2021}}</ref>