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Oregon Health & Science University primarily trains its OB/GYN residents at OHSU Hospital and the Center for Women’s Health in southwest Portland. | COURTESY OHSU

OHSU, Legacy agree to merge, but state and feds must approve

Six-hospital Legacy chain would become subsidiary of OHSU to create a dominant health care player even as both entities face financial challenges

May 30, 2024
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

A mentally ill inmate in Oregon lost nearly 100 pounds before his sudden death, records suggest

“Starvation is a terrible way to die,” says attorney Lee Ann Donaldson, who is representing Skye Baskin’s family

Nov 5, 2024

Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses at Legacy’s Gresham hospital push to unionize

Oregon Nurses Association, the state’s largest nurses union, continues organizing efforts at a hospital attracting attention for the planned closure of its birth center

Mar 7, 2023
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Understaffed State Psychiatric Facilities Leave Mental Health Patients In Limbo

The shortage of beds at Oregon State Hospital reflects a national trend linked to staffing deficits that are cramping services in the public mental health system.

Oct 26, 2021

The outside of the St. Charles Health System campus in Bend on July 26, 2022. | JONI AUDEN LAND/OPB

Severely Short On Nurses, Central Oregon Hospital System Quietly Declares Crisis

St. Charles Health System leaders adopted “crisis standards of care” to avoid having to comply with nurse staffing rules, but rescinded the move after OHA said it would violate state law

Jul 28, 2022