Gov. Kate Brown expanded an executive order to give hospitals more flexibility in caring for the high numbers of very ill patients.
Dec 7, 2022
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OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY’S DOERNBECHER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS SWAMPED WITH PATIENTS WITH A RESPIRATORY INFECTION./CHRISTINE TORRES-HICKS/OHSU VIA OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE
The Oregon Health Authority is bringing in 112 out-of-state registered nurses and respiratory therapists to help the state’s two largest children’s hospitals.
District attorneys are unhappy with a judge's order to discharge Oregon State Hospital patients within a certain timeline, as are hospitals that treat people for psychiatric conditions.
Nov 23, 2022
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Staff care for a COVID-19 patient at Oregon Health & Science University.
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Rep. Cedric Hayden, R-Roseburg and a dentist, spearheaded the plan during the February legislative session.
Nov 8, 2022
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EMILY WITHNALL SAYS SHE HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF HER ILLNESS, BUT LINGERING SYMPTOMS OF LONG COVID ARE STILL PRESENT. CHRONIC FATIGUE IS WHAT PLAGUES HER THE MOST, SHE SAYS./GINO GUTIERREZ/STATES NEWSROOM
Sixteen million people of working age in the U.S. suffer with long COVID and of those, from 2 to 4 million people were unemployed in June and July, according to a report.
The money will be used for treatment and prevention of opioid and methamphetamine use, recovery, social services support, including housing, and supplies of the medication naloxone to reverse overdoses.
Sep 29, 2022
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EMERGENCY ROOMS, LIKE THE ONE AT OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, ARE PACKED./CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS,OHSU/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE
Administrators say hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities lack thousands of staff, from primary care physicians and physician assistants to nurses and medical assistants.