St. Charles Health System holding online town hall about capacity, staffing, other issues
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health care in profound and lasting ways.
On Tuesday, St. Charles leaders will host a community town hall to explain in detail what this looks like for the region’s hospital system, including capacity constraints, clinical staffing shortages and the immediate impacts of a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant. The event starts at noon.
NewsChannel 21 reporter Leslie Cano will have details on what was discussed and how St. Charles plans to tackle these issues on Fox @ 4.
The public can access a livestream of the town hall and post questions on St. Charles’ Facebook and YouTube pages.