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Providence Milwaukie staff called police to remove unresponsive man from hospital as ‘not really a medical problem’; he died less than an hour later
Jean M. Descamps sat unresponsive in a Providence Milwaukie Hospital emergency bed. The hospital had summoned local police that night, Dec. 12, to remove the 26-year-old man, after he refused to ...
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Investigations center on discharge of Providence Milwaukie patient who died in police custody
The investigations focus in on why the 26-year-old was discharged from the hospital in the first place. The footage shows what happened after police were called to Providence Milwaukie the night ...
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Providence Milwaukie staff thought man was faking symptoms, didn’t do drug screen before he died in police custody, memo says
An emergency department doctor at Providence Milwaukie Hospital thought 26-year-old Jean Descamps was “playing possum,” essentially faking a medical problem on Dec. 12, and told Milwaukie ...
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Body camera footage shows Milwaukie police questioning hospital staff over decision to discharge man who died
PORTLAND, Ore. — Harrowing new body camera footage shows the night that a 26-year-old man died after being discharged from Providence Milwaukie Hospital. Jean Descamps died while being ...
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Final moments of ODing patient discharged by doctor who said he was ‘playing possum’ seen in disturbing bodycam footage
Jean DesCamps, 26, was admitted to Providence Milwaukie Hospital on Dec. 12 after he was found covered in feces and moving slowly on Portland’s TriMet MAX train. He told police that he used ...
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‘We care’: Providence Milwaukie nurses hold candlelight vigil after in-custody death
(KOIN) — Nurses at Providence Milwaukie held a candlelight vigil ... custody hours after being medically discharged from the hospital. Frontline healthcare workers represented by the Oregon ...
The Lund Report1d
Providence discloses job cuts, citing darkening picture for hospital systems
Providence is cutting 134 jobs in Oregon and more than 450 across six other states, the not-for-profit health care system ...
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'It's a community problem': Milwaukie police bodycam video reveals circumstances of man's death in custody
Officers from the Milwaukie Police Department arrive at Providence Milwaukie and head straight to DesCamps' room. Hospital staff give them a report. "He was going to get a ride to a homeless ...
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Providence nurses’ new contracts: Here’s what’s changing as nurses return to work after strike
The increases vary by hospital. For example ... conditions and level of care and attention they need. At Providence Milwaukie, new language gives supervising nurses the authority to adjust ...
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Problems persist at Providence Milwaukie ER
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Last year, Providence Milwaukie Hospital called the police to remove a patient who later died in officers’ custody. The FOX 12 Investigates team obtained video of the ...
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At issue in Providence nurses strike: Oregon’s hospital staffing law
More than 3,000 nurses at six Providence hospitals across the state are set to go on strike for three days next week. In an unusual turn of events, they’re striking in part over the rollout of a ...