The additional beds represent a sliver of what’s needed following a years-long effort to try to replace Central City Concern’s Sobering Station that abruptly closed in December 2019 following dozens of accounts of people harming themselves in isolation cells.
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The Northeast Portland unit may feel like a field hospital but the care will be equal to that found in traditional hospital spaces
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