Central Oregon’s St. Charles lays off 2 top executives as patients face severe staff shortage

By Joni Auden Land (OPB)

July 15, 2022 11:08 p.m. Updated: July 16, 2022 1:10 a.m.

Medical providers at the region’s only hospital system now must scrutinize patient admissions and move people out of the hospital faster, “sometimes uncomfortably early.”