Recent reporting from InvestigateWest found that overcrowding in the neonatal intensive care unit at Oregon Health & Science University is raising concerns among staff and patients.

Plans to expand capacity by building a new wing of OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital have largely stalled, despite rising demand for neonatal intensive care nationwide.

Dana Braner is the physician-in-chief at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. He joins us to talk about the challenges hospitals are facing in providing neonatal and pregnancy care.

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News Source : https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/16/ohsu-doernbecher-head-physician-on-the-challenges-of-providing-neonatal-care/