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View Articlecowboy on horseback in silhouette with sunbeams
History

The cowboy in the garden

Susan Long joined St. Charles Bend fresh out of nursing school and spent her entire 38-year nursing career working on the hospital’s me...

May 11, 2018
View ArticleBill Danaher
History

Chaplain witnessed the extraordinary every day

Bill Danaher was a long-time chaplain at St. Charles.

May 11, 2018
View ArticleSt. Charles La Pine Family Care
Press Release

Community invited to St. Charles La Pine Clinic grand opening

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | MAY 4, 2018

May 4, 2018
View ArticleAl humans of St. Charles
Humans of St. Charles

Humans of St. Charles - Al

Facilities, Bend

April 24, 2018
View ArticleBill K. St. Charles human
Humans of St. Charles

Humans of St. Charles - Bill K.

St. Charles Bend

January 9, 2018
View ArticleSister Catherine standing next to cross being placed on top of St. Charles Bend
History

The next level

St. Charles 1969-1985

December 17, 2017
View ArticleSt. Charles Hospital on Hospital Hill in Bend, OR
History

Austere beginnings

Today a hotel stands on the rocky knoll across from St. Francis Catholic Church in Bend.

December 17, 2017
View ArticlePilot Butte Inn
History

Part of the Community

Crowded, outdated and struggling, St. Charles Hospital had appealed to the community for help.

December 15, 2017
Press Release

Jan. 12 ribbon cutting ceremony for St. Charles Madras

Public invited to attend a Jan. 12 ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of Madras hospital project

December 11, 2017
View ArticleFather Sheehan walking through garden
History

Father lends a helping hand

Hospitals care for the sick. Churches care for the soul. But in hard times, the two can clasp hands to catch those tumbling through the g...

December 7, 2017
View ArticleA look at the lab in the early days of health care
History

The sisters' first test

Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 pushed hospital to the limits

December 7, 2017
View ArticleThree people standing in front of first hospital in Bend, OR
History

Hospital traces to humble beginnings

The square clapboard house at 81 Oregon Street fit only a few patients. Surgery was done in the kitchen. Its only nurse lived in half the...

December 7, 2017