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Lebanon Foundation Funds Equipment & Programs May 18, 2021 SHARE
Last month, the Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees awarded $268,219 in allocations to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital departments and off-site facilities. The allocations will go toward renovations, patient care programs and equipment.
The allocations match dollar-for-dollar the amount employees pledge in the Samaritan Employee Caring Campaign each October. Employees pledged $135,595 in the 2020 campaign and the foundation went beyond that amount with the 2021 allocations.
Departments receiving allocations and purchases funded include:
Samaritan Family Medicine Resident Clinic: treatment table.
Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House: patient repositioning systems.
Acute Care Unit: patient repositioning systems.
Cardio Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy: exercise equipment.
May 19, 2021
There are four new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,594.
Oregon Health Authority reported 484 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 196,390.
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 331, which is 11 fewer than yesterday. There are 79 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is two fewer than yesterday.
The total number of COVID-19 positive patient bed-days in the most recent seven days is 2,378, which is a 3.4% increase from the previous seven days. The peak daily number of beds occupied by COVID-19 positive patients in the most recent seven days is 351.