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==Healthcare== [[File:HarneyDistrictHospitalBurnsOR.jpg|thumb|left|[[Harney District Hospital]]]] [[Harney District Hospital]] is located in Burns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://harneydh.com/|title=Home|publisher=Harney District Hospital|access-date=2025-04-07}}</ref> A [[public hospital]], it is under a separate taxing district and has been since 1990, and previously was a part of the county government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://harneydh.com/about/history/|title=History|publisher=Harney District Hospital|access-date=2025-04-07}}</ref> In 2005 the hospital provided a traveling doctor in a mobile trailer for southern parts of the county and for [[Denio, Nevada]]. The southern part of the county, in 2005, had, in the words of Matthew Preusch of the [[Associated Press]], a "particularly acute" absence of healthcare services.<ref name=Preuschmatthew>{{cite news|last=Preusch|first=Matthew|title=Doctor does house calls for entire Oregon towns|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[Statesman Journal]]|date=2005-05-29|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169800834/ 10C]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 2005 Matthew Preusch of ''The Oregonian'', citing the lack of doctors and long distances between the southern part of the county and the hospital, described the area as "the most medically underserved area of all."<ref>{{cite news|last=Preusch|first=Matthew|title=Tax aid aims to recruit rural health workers|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=2005-05-23|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169802246/ B1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/169802314/ B4]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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