Tag COVID IN OREGON

Cost of Covid: Hospital stays longer, more costly for difficult treatment

Malheur Enterprise
October 5, 2021

Registered nurse Dajanay Ash tends to a patient in intensive care in Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario. (Malheur Enterprise/LILIANA FRANKEL) Getting hospitalized with Covid in an intensive care unit can result in a weeks-long ordeal, near-death experiences – and costs that range to six…

Oregon hopes to vaccinate 30,000 health care workers against Covid by end of 2020

Rachel Alexander – Salem Reporter
November 27, 2020

Pat Allen, Oregon Health Authority director, participates in a daily briefing for congressional staff via phone on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) An estimated 30,000 frontline health care workers will be vaccinated against Covid by the end of the year, Oregon Health Authority Director…