Rich Seattle Neighborhood Blocks Hospital Helicopter Landings

Laurelhurst residents' noise complaints force Seattle Children's Hospital to land helicopters over a mile away, delaying critical patient care.

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State & Local 20d • Perfidious_Redt · reddit.com

Kids denied direct life-flights to Children's Hospital, by Neighboring Residents of the Richest Neighborhood in Seattle

Culture 21d • Legitimate_Ice_2270 · reddit.com

Laurelhurst community council stopping Seattle Children’s Hospital from directly landing their helicopters AT the hospital..insane.

Housing 23d • lemonsqueezy19 · np.reddit.com

A rich neighborhood in Seattle successfully stopped helicopters landing at a Children's Hospital with sick kids due to noise complaints

Public Health 23d • Placentaur · reddit.com

TIL: The Laurelhurst neighborhood restricts helicopter landings to the Seattle Children’s Hospital due to noise complaints

“Unless the child is extremely critical, we are forced to land over 1 mile away at an alternate pad and finish by ambulance” This creates delays in patient care, unnecessary transfers (which are some...