(Portland, OR) -- Providence Health will cap the number of patients at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center ahead of Friday's planned strike by doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers. The hospital will defer or reschedule procedures that require hospitalist support. Nearly five-thousand members of the Oregon Nurses Association plan to strike all eight hospitals and six clinics starting 6 o'clock Friday morning. Providence says it'll cause longer delays in the emergency department and more instances where ambulances are diverted to other hospitals.