An Oregon woman has been named in a civil forfeiture case brought against a group of people who are accused of smuggling an unapproved drug from China into the U.S. that’s used to treat feline infectious peritonitis a viral cat disease known as the “feline coronavirus” and later sold for profit.
Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services, PeaceHealth and St. Charles Health System are taking action in U.S. District Court today to continue fighting for vulnerable patients who are being denied the critical mental health care they need by the State of Oregon. The hospital systems filed a lawsuit in September in the Oregon U.S. District Court in Eugene to protect the civil rights of Oregonians suffering from mental illness. The lawsuit seeks to ensure the Oregon Health Authority fulfills its legal obligation to provide adequate mental health treatment for civilly committed individuals. The Oregon Health Authority filed a motion late last month asking the judge to dismiss the lawsuit. In today's filing, the four hospital systems outline the proper legal principles for the court to consider and call out multiple inaccurate statements made by the Oregon Health Authority in its December filing. "Hospitals are taking this action because Oregon must increase capacity for c
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