OAHHS Hospital Voice Fall/Winter 2020

28 » A magazine for and about Oregon Community Hospitals. HOSPITALS STEP UP FOR WILDFIRE RELIEF Just after wildfires left a path of destruction through several Oregon forests and communities, hospitals quickly mobilized to help the victims, many of whom are their own employees. In southern Oregon, Asante and Providence rallied to help victims of the Almeda Fire with aid to individuals who lost homes and possessions. Asante is having an RV park built on property it owns and will buy used fifth wheel trailers for displaced employees to live in until they can find perma- nent homes. The cost to the employees is expected to be $500 per month or less. Providence has created fifth wheel trailer parking on land it owns in Central Point and Medford. Asante RV Park will provide housing for Jackson County fire victims Both systems say a broad range of employees lost homes, including nurses and food service workers. Asante says more than 100 Asante employees help co-workers, victims of Almeda Fire in Talent, OR