Willamette Valley Medical Center announced last week that it is “enforcing a no-visitor policy for all in-patient units and out-patient areas” because of .
Farmworker dies in Willamette Valley record heat
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A farmworker died Saturday at a workplace in St. Paul as temperatures in the area that day topped 104 degrees.
Aaron Corvin, a spokesperson for Oregon OSHA, said in an email the agency has opened investigations into Brother Farm Labor Contractor and Ernst Nursery and Farms. The employee who died was working on a crew moving irrigation lines, Corvin said. Officials have not yet identified the person.
Ernst Nursery and Farms did not respond to a call seeking comment Tuesday. Brother Farm Labor Contractor could not be reached for comment.
Corvin said the agency was not aware of other fatalities that appear to be heat-related.
Oregon lawmakers contemplate new rules for health care mergers May 19 2021
A Lake Oswego lawmaker wants the country s most sweeping health care merger oversight. Hospitals say it goes too far.
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give Oregon the most sweeping state oversight of health care mergers in the country.
But while supporters say House Bill 2362 would counter increased costs and curbs on care, opponents say it goes too far.
The system contemplated by chief sponsor Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Lake Oswego, is drawing support from pro-abortion and death-with-dignity groups as a response to one slice of the merger trend: the rapid growth of health care entities affiliated with the Catholic Church, which restrict care for women and transgender people.
January 5, 2021
Their first baby is McMinnville s, too
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Chasey and Scott Branton of McMinnville prepare to take Conner home from Willamette Valley Medical Center Sunday afternoon. The couple s first child was born at 9:03 a.m. New Year s Day.
Chasey and Scott Branton of McMinnville were expecting their first born to arrive several days into 2021. Her due date was not until Saturday, Jan. 9.
But it was decided labor would be induced last Wednesday; with the Willamette Valley Medical Center Birthing Center as busy as it was, the procedure was moved to Thursday.
So, Scott drove his wife to the hospital about 3:45 p.m. New Year’s Eve. At 9:03 a.m. Friday, they welcomed Connor into the world and their family, giving the hospital its first baby of 2021. The baby boy was born 20 1/2 inches and weighed 8 pounds and 9 ounces