The Oregon State Hospital on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon State Hospital is getting help from an out-of-state expert to meet a weeks-passed deadline to start admitting people with mental illnesses for court-ordered treatment on time. The assistance comes as part of a settlement that the state,[Read More…]
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State hospital for weeks delayed Covid vaccine boosters for patients
A sign on a door into a screening area at Oregon State Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Douglas Styles, 49, has diabetes and high blood pressure. Both place him at risk for a more serious case of Covid, so he wanted a booster dose of the[Read More…]
State hospital leaders float plan to hire hundreds of nursing workers, despite workforce shortages
National Guard members file out of a training at Oregon State Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Leaders at Oregon State Hospital want to add hundreds of new employees to address long-standing safety concerns, but the hospital is struggling to fill vacancies it has now. Pat Allen,[Read More…]
State hospital superintendent defends pandemic record in response to outside complaints
Oregon State Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon State Hospital’s superintendent acknowledged administrators’ handling of the Covid pandemic put more stress on staff and meant fewer treatment options for patients. In a letter sent Monday to Disability Rights Oregon, Dolly Matteucci defended the hospital’s record over[Read More…]
Uncategorized Amid staffing shortage, National Guard member assaulted by Oregon State Hospital patient
The Oregon State Hospital on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A National Guard member required medical care after being punched in the head repeatedly by an Oregon State Hospital patient while working on July 11. It’s the first assault by a patient on a National Guard member the[Read More…]
Uncategorized State hospital authorizes up to $1.2 million to pay National Guard to care for patients
The Oregon State Hospital on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The critically short-staffed Oregon State Hospital will spend up to $1.2 million for 30 members of the National Guard to serve meals and care for patients at its Salem campus this summer. A contract between the hospital and[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon State Hospital situation ‘dire,’ National Guard asked to help staffing
The Oregon State Hospital is calling on the National Guard to stem a staffing crisis that has ballooned in recent weeks, with one out of three of the nursing staff on the Salem campus out on leave. Activating the National Guard was the final step in a five-stage crisis staffing[Read More…]
