Primary and urgent care providers face high patient demand — and are increasing services — as hospitals remain crammed with COVID-19 and other patients.
Sep 16, 2021
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Last August the intensive care unit at Oregon Health and Science University was filled to capacity.
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The hospital has four intensive care units, and they're all full. With more COVID19 patients on the way, managers are gearing up for "crisis standards of care" to stretch staff and set up new beds.
Younger people are getting sicker, faster, as doctors and nurses watch.
Aug 6, 2021
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A registered nurse in St. Charles Bend’s intensive care unit stood outside a room where hospital staff treated an unconscious COVID-19 patient in May.
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