PeaceHealth University District

It’s been one year since PeaceHealth Sacred Heart shut down the only emergency room in Eugene, and started rerouting patients to its Riverbend hospital in Springfield.

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.

Patients are waiting longer to get care in the wake of University District hospital’s closure in Eugene, and Rep. Nancy Nathanson wants to fund an ambulance to change that

During her visit to Lane County, Gov. Tina Kotek said she has been closely watching the closure of Eugene’s only hospital, PeaceHealth University District.

This program explores how the closure of the PeaceHealth University District location will affect the unhoused community. You'll also hear about resources in Lane County that can help cover the gaps in this transition.

The emergency room at PeaceHealth’s University District hospital permanently closed Friday morning.

With the only emergency room in Eugene set to close Friday, the fire department is trying to strengthen its emergency response.

PeaceHealth says the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the University District hospital will relocate to RiverBend in Springfield on Dec. 15.

PeaceHealth announced plans Monday to move its West Eugene urgent care clinic and 29 staff to the University District campus.

Eugene’s mayor is calling on Oregon’s governor and the state health agency to keep her city’s sole hospital in operation.

PeaceHealth has said the next steps in its plan to close the 117-bed University District hospital in Eugene are underway.

The closure would leave Eugene without a hospital, although two options exist in nearby Springfield.