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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026
Gill, Peralta win ASUO presidential election University of Oregon Student Power candidates Quadrian Gill and Amaya Peralta will be the next student government president and vice president. Read story on page 11
SPORTS
Ducks fare well in early stages of outdoor track and field season
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OPINION
Nag: Keep our emergency physicians local Opinion: PeaceHealth’s decision to outsource emergency room physicians to an out-of-state group will harm our community and should be reversed. By Aishiki Nag
Opinion Columnist
After a 35-year relationship with the Eugene Emergency Physicians, a group of local physicians and position associates, PeaceHealth executives announced plans to outsource emergency care. This marks the latest development in a series of haphazard decisions taken by the executive board, with one of the most notable examples being the sudden closure of PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District, which left nearly 200,000 people without a hospital or emergency room in Eugene. 363 physicians cast votes in favor of retaining Eugene Emergency Physicians at PeaceHealth Lane County hospitals, an overwhelming majority of the physicians on staff. The Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, the Oregon Nurses Association and nearly all local physicians’ groups joined to critique this sudden change in leadership. Continue story on page 12