Hospitals like those at the Oregon Health & Science University Campus are struggling to deal with a labor shortage that is causing big financial losses. Photo by Mark Graves, The Oregonian/OregonLive.com LC- Mark GravesLC- Mark Graves
The number of patients stuck in hospital limbo exploded in the second quarter of the year, another worrying sign of Oregon hospitals’ descent into critical financial condition.
About 757 patients — enough to fill Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Adventist Health Portland, and Providence Milwaukie Hospital — are being warehoused in hospitals around the state because rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes don’t have the nurses and other caregivers to treat them.
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