Two years is the usual Oregon deadline to sue for a missed stroke diagnosis, so the smarter move is to protect the claim first and treat a complaint to Samaritan or the Oregon Medical Board as secondary.

A hospital complaint may create a paper trail, but it does not stop the clock, does not force payment for rehab or home care, and does not preserve a malpractice case. If a Corvallis ER visit at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center sent you home during a packed Memorial Day, July 4th, or Thanksgiving weekend and a later scan showed a stroke, the legal issue is usually whether providers missed warning signs that should have triggered faster imaging, transfer, or treatment.

The complications and exceptions are these:

• Discovery rule: Oregon malpractice claims are often measured from when you knew or reasonably should have known the injury may have been caused by medical care, not always the ER date itself.
• Statute of repose: Even with delayed discovery, Oregon generally has a five-year outer limit from the treatment date for many malpractice claims.
• Public vs. private provider: Samaritan is generally a private health system, so the special notice rules under the Oregon Tort Claims Act usually do not apply. If a public clinic, county provider, or Oregon State University-linked provider was involved, shorter notice rules can matter.
• No compensation from licensing complaints: The Oregon Medical Board can investigate a doctor, but it cannot award money for lost independence, in-home help, rehab, or future care.
• Records matter early: Ask for the ER chart, triage notes, nurse notes, discharge papers, CT/MRI timing, ambulance records, and follow-up imaging now. In a missed-stroke case, time stamps often decide everything.
• Damages can be substantial: If the delay left you unable to drive, cook, or live alone in Corvallis, those functional losses are central, not side details.