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A Unique Approach to Healthcare in Eugene
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to talk to your doctor when you need to, and have access to same day or next day appointments without having to wait forever on the phone or months and months for an appointment? The current healthcare model is broken. It’s not working for patients and it’s not working for doctors. There’s a better way and it’s through Direct Primary Care.
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Samaritan to officially join MultiCare on Nov. 1
Samaritan Health Services will officially become part of MultiCare Health System on Nov. 1, the two organizations announced. The start date comes after every public agency reviewing the deal either approved it or said it intends to. MultiCare is a nonprofit health system based in Washington state. Samaritan, headquartered in Corvallis, serves the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon Coast.
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City of Eugene, Eugene recycling center among recent DEQ fines
This story was updated to add new information. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality levied nine penalties in September, totaling $152,496. Recipients included the City of Eugene for polluting Amazon Creek and violating its water quality certification, a Eugene recycling company that operated an unpermitted waste disposal site and an east Oregon car dealership that failed to properly test its underground storage for spill prevention, line tightness and release detection. Recipients can appeal their fines by requesting a hearing within 20 days of receiving their penalty letter. DEQ sometimes reduces or eliminates fines after appeals. Recipients may also be able to resolve part of their penalty by completing or sponsoring an environmental improvement project instead of paying a fine. Oregon DEQ issues 9 penalties in September Here are the citations: City of Eugene , Eugene, $23,400: For polluting Amazon Creek and violating the city's Water Quality Certification issued for the Amazon Creek Restoration Project . Specifically, the city failed to install erosion and sediment controls, stored equipment in the active channel of the creek and failed to isolate in-water work area. A city spokesperson said that while the city was working on the project in the summer of 2024, two
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Odors return to Baxter site during cleanup, but air stays safe, EPA says
In its expedited cleanup at J.H. Baxter, the Environmental Protection Agency has unearthed so much contaminated water and soil at the Superfund site that it could cover the football field at Autzen Stadium. And some of it smells. The Baxter site in West Eugene treated wood products like telephone poles...
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Changes coming to blood draw locations in Eugene/Springfield
Quest Labs is closing its locations at RiverBend in Springfield and University District in Eugene at the end of the day Friday, Oct. 23. In a statement sent to KLCC, PeaceHealth announced it will be reopening the locations as PeaceHealth labs next month. PeaceHealth says during the transition it has...
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Good Sam brings in mobile MRI unit to cut imaging wait times
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis has set up a mobile MRI unit to boost its imaging capacity and shorten the wait for patients who need scans. The trailer, parked outside the lower entrance of the hospital’s Neville Building, is expected to begin taking patient appointments during the last week of October. Before that, staff will use a short startup period to test the equipment and confirm its network connections.