Bend hospital borrowed from the feds to cover pandemic costs, now it’s announcing layoffs

By Amelia Templeton (OPB)
May 19, 2022 8:18 p.m.

The only hospital and health care system in Central Oregon has incurred $21.8 million in operating losses so far this year and owes money to the federal government; to try and make ends meet, they’ll lay off 105 people