Bend hospital workers file suit over COVID-19 vaccine mandates

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Each worker is seeking damages and lost wages due to job termination.

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Eleven St. Charles Health System employees have filed a $2.5 million lawsuit alleging their rights to religious freedom were violated when the health system required them to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Most of the healthcare workers named in the suit were placed on unpaid leave but later fired, some quit and others were outright fired.

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