Like virtually every other hospital in the state, Adventist Health Portland is facing difficult times due largely to a shortage of staffed hospital beds. Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian (file)

George Newmyer’s knee replacement was supposed to be a routine day surgery. Then he stopped breathing.

The doctors and nurses at Adventist Health Portland resuscitated him. After such a close call, they wanted to keep him overnight in the Southeast Portland hospital’s intensive care unit.

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