Multnomah County battles workplace outbreaks, complaints
Employees complain of notification failures and shortcuts. Management says they re doing their best.
At the headquarters of the Multnomah County Department of Health, nine workers at the county s HIV clinic tested positive for COVID-19, forcing numerous others to quarantine and the clinic to shutter its doors for a four-day stretch in mid-December.
At the county s Donald E. Long Detention Center for juveniles, nine workers and three youth tested positive since the end of November, and jails operated by the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office have seen outbreaks of their own, with 13 inmates and 30 employees infected.
Multnomah County battles workplace outbreaks, complaints
Employees complain of notification failures and shortcuts. Management says they re doing their best.
At the headquarters of the Multnomah County Department of Health, nine workers at the county s HIV clinic tested positive for COVID-19, forcing numerous others to quarantine and the clinic to shutter its doors for a four-day stretch in mid-December.
At the county s Donald E. Long Detention Center for juveniles, nine workers and three youth tested positive since the end of November, and jails operated by the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office have seen outbreaks of their own, with 13 inmates and 30 employees infected.
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Dec 31, 2020
Ward County Sheriff Robert Roed issued a news release today that on Dec. 16 an inmate being held at the Ward County Detention Center on federal charges for the U.S. Marshal Service advised jail staff he was not feeling well. The inmate, Eugene Whiteowl, 62, was evaluated and taken to Trinity Hospital.
On Dec. 17 the U.S. Marshal Service furloughed Whiteowl from custody and he was released from custody of the Ward County Detention Center.
On Dec. 28 Ward County Detention Center officials were notified that Whiteowl had passed away due to COVID-19-related issues.
Both the U.S. Marshal Service and N.D. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been notified.