On the fifth day of the largest health care strike in Oregon history, Providence indicated it is ready to resume negotiation talks with the some 5,000 striking nurses and doctors across its eight hospitals.

Providence Health announced that all eight of its hospitals are prepared to resume negotiations with the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA).

Providence Medical Group has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, accusing the union of bad faith bargaining, while doctors and

Providence Health & Services said its negotiators are ready to reopen talks with the Oregon Nurses Association to end a strike by 5,000 doctors, nurses and other medical personnel that began on Jan. 10.

After five days of strikes at Providence’s eight hospitals in Oregon and six of its women’s clinics, the health care company and union members representing nurses and others have agreed to return to negotiations.

The strike, which impacts all eight Providence hospitals in the state as well as six women’s clinics, includes nearly 5,000 nurses, and more than 100 physicians and advanced practitioners.

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Providence said teams are ready to sit down in Hood River, Medford, Milwaukie, Newberg, Seaside and Oregon City. Not on the list are the system's two largest hospitals in Oregon: Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center,