The number of patients stuck in hospital limbo exploded in the second quarter of the year, another worrying sign of Oregon hospitals’ descent into critical financial condition.
About 757 patients — enough to fill Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Adventist Health Portland, and Providence Milwaukie Hospital — are being warehoused in hospitals around the state because rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes don’t have the nurses and other caregivers to treat them.
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