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PeaceHealth, other hospitals’ cuts diminish communities’ access to care

PeaceHealth, facing chronic financial losses, is following a national trend of trimming jobs and services
May 4, 2023
 
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Among cuts, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield is terminating some temporary nursing contracts and will close an unspecified number of beds. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth’s sudden layoff of 251 people across Oregon and three other states reflects a national trend in which hospital belt-tightenin