A hospital near Vancouver went into lockdown Friday night, as protesters gathered outside the building, apparently on behalf of a woman who they claimed had refused a COVID-19 test while in the care of the medical facility.
According to a live stream shared online, protesters said a woman in her 70s had been hospitalized at Legacy Salmon Creek the previous night with a urinary tract infection, and declined to take a coronavirus test. A woman narrating the livestream said hospital employees did not allowed her to leave, prompting demonstrators to gather outside.
Videos posted online show a woman who identified herself as the hospital patient’s daughter standing at the door without a mask, yelling at officers and demanding to be allowed inside.
The live stream attracted thousands of views, in part because it was posted on the YouTube channel of Ammon Bundy, one of the men who led the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. Bundy himself was not visible on the livestream, and it’s not clear if he was in attendance.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to messages left about demonstrators’ claims. A security dispatcher at Legacy Salmon Creek refused to confirm any details about the protest or the lockdown.
Independent journalist Laura Jedeed first reported on the protest.
The live stream posted to Bundy’s page showed a crowd of about 30 protesters outside the hospital, most of whom weren’t wearing masks. A group of police officers stood just inside the doors of the hospital, and said they weren’t letting anyone in or out of the hospital. Several protesters said they were waiting for the woman to be released.
Some of the demonstrators identified themselves as members of a “People’s Rights” group founded by Bundy to oppose government coronavirus mandates.
This story has been updated.
-Jayati Ramakrishnan; 503-221-4320; jramakrishnan@oregonian.com; @JRamakrishnanOR
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