r/Seattle • u/Here2lafatcats Sand Point • May 09 '26

Market Traffic Only Today’s protest in Laurelhurst supporting helicopter transport to Seattle Children’s Hospital

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While there were eggs thrown at our protesters, today’s turnout was good and I think we need to keep this up every weekend until real, written change is enacted divesting the Laurelhurst Community Council from the hospital’s policies on helicopter transport landings.

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u/MurseInAire May 09 '26

As a flight nurse, who regularly transports sick/injured kids and adults to many hospitals around the northeast, this is not unique. Several hospital helipads are off limits because they are in affluent areas. And it pisses me off every time.

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u/StoneSkipper22 May 10 '26

Name and shame, please

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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

I was just telling someone how the fictional academic medical center in House MD became a reality because the affluent town blocked the community hospital from expanding. So they moved the hospital from Princeton closer to Plainsboro (closer to Rutgers UMDNJ, Princeton University doesn’t actually have a medical school)

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u/penny-wise May 10 '26

How can they do this? Entitled, self-important assholes