McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center has hired a new group of physicians to provide 24/7 maternity care at its birth center in Springfield. This comes after the hospital lost all its contracted OB-GYNs following a shakeup at Oregon Medical Group.

Over the past few years, pregnant women in the Eugene-Springfield area have seen birthing options dwindle. Maternity health services, including midwifery units, have been shut down. A recent exodus of OB-GYN doctors from Oregon Medical Group has left some expecting moms feeling uncertain about their birth plans.

Two top administrators for the McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield are out of a job, and the company that owns the hospital isn’t saying why.

McKenzie-Willamette plans to develop a site in west Eugene as a free-standing Emergency Department.

As summer draws near, blood banks tend to see a significant drop in donations. It’s a serious problem as we head into the time of year when the demand for medical blood is at its peak.

At a recent citywide healthcare forum in Eugene, the CEO of McKenzie Willamette Medical Center told a surprised audience that plans were in the works to build a new emergency department in the city. It was welcome news to many in Eugene, who were still mourning the loss of the city’s only hospital last fall. But, there’s a long road ahead until a new 24-hour-a-day emergency department opens back up in Eugene.

In a surprise announcement during a citywide healthcare forum in Eugene Thursday evening, the Chief Executive Officer of McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center announced plans to build a 12-bed satellite emergency department in Eugene.

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield says its maternity health practice, McKenzie Midwives, will close in less than three months.

Dozens of healthcare workers marched outside McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield this morning. They’re striking against what organizers call…

More than 400 frontline healthcare workers at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield plan to go on strike this week.The workers include…

Lane County hospitals are at capacity with COVID-19 patients and the problem is expected to worsen in the coming weeks.At a media briefing Wednesday Dr.…

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield has launched a drive-through COVID-19 test unit. With procurements from the University of Oregon, the…