Category Healthcare
Salem Hospital begins ambulance diversion plan in effort to keep beds available
For the first time in over a decade, Salem Hospital will turn away some ambulances when its beds are full, sending patients with non-life threatening problems to other hospitals for care. The hospital announced changes to its divert policy this week, saying diverting ambulances will…
In Salem, abortion circumstances aren’t likely to change despite Supreme Court case
Hundreds of people marched down Court Street in Salem on Tuesday, May 3 for an abortion rights rally following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade. Another protest in Salem is planned following the release of the final…
Staffers at Oregon State Hospital endure violence, long hours despite promises of improvements
Raph can’t remember how many times the patient punched him in the head. It was just before 1 a.m. on July 5 when the patient, who had been in seclusion earlier that day, came to the medication window on his unit at Oregon State…
WATCHDOG: In Marion County, high concentrations of coronavirus blamed on inequality of care
A sign directs patients at Salud Medical Center in Woodburn on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The employees of the farmworkers union in Woodburn got a jolt during their weekly meeting in early April, conducted as usual over Zoom. An organizer shared the grim…