Healthcare Providers Leading “Save Our ER Docs” Rally At PeaceHealth In Springfield March 12 - 03/11/26
MEDIA ADVISORY
'Save Our ER Docs' Rally at PeaceHealth
Thursday, March 12
3 - 5:30 p.m.
Speeches at 4:45 p.m.
Intersection of MLK Blvd. and Cardinal Way in Springfield, OR
In front of PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend’s campus
WHAT: Healthcare providers, elected officials, and community members are holding a rally in support of local emergency room doctors.
PeaceHealth executives recently refused to renew its contract with the Eugene Emergency Physicians group whose members have cared for local families during medical emergencies for 35 years. PeaceHealth is attempting to outsource its emergency room care to a large, out-of-state medical group.
WHEN: Thursday, March 12 from 3 - 5:30 p.m. Speakers will begin at approximately 4:45 p.m.
Healthcare workers and allies will be available for media comment during the event.
WHERE: The intersection of MLK Blvd. and Cardinal Way in Springfield, OR.
(In front of PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend–3333 Riverbend Dr, Springfield, OR 97477)
WHO: Frontline nurses and medical staff from PeaceHealth Sacred Heart RiverBend, Eugene Emergency Physicians, firefighters, paramedics, elected officials, and community members.
WHY: Healthcare workers, elected leaders and community members are united in opposition to PeaceHealth’s proposal to auction off emergency care to a corporate medical group from Georgia.
Local doctors from Eugene Emergency Physicians have cared for and saved the lives of patients and families at PeaceHealth emergency rooms in Eugene, Springfield, Florence and Cottage Grove for more than three decades. They have won multiple awards from PeaceHealth and have earned the respect and admiration of their colleagues and community members.
Outsourcing our community’s healthcare to an out-of-state corporate medicine group would be a costly mistake which will negatively impact providers, patients and the community.
PeaceHealth’s executives have faced intense scrutiny and widespread criticism of their outsourcing proposal with many sharing concerns the change could threaten community health and safety. Since the announcement, community members have roundly criticized the decision; medical providers and nurses have both held votes of no confidence in PeaceHealth’s executives; and elected leaders have questioned the proposal's legality while calling on PeaceHealth to maintain its relationship with local emergency care providers.