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A City s Only Hospital Cut Services How Locals Fought Back

A City s Only Hospital Cut Services. How Locals Fought Back. © Cayla Nimmo for the Wall Street Journal When the only hospital in a small central Wyoming city stopped delivering babies and cut back on surgeries, local residents sought to start their own. The fight that ensued now stretches to Washington, and is shining an uncomfortable light on one of the country’s biggest hospital chains and its private-equity owner. LifePoint Health Inc., backed by Apollo Global Management Inc., controls the only hospital in working-class Riverton, Wyo. After LifePoint merged Riverton’s hospital with another facility it owns in the city of Lander, 30 miles away, it began consolidating the hospitals’ services.

Why I got the COVID-19 Vaccine

by Dr. Emily Horne, Anesthesiologist, Chief of Staff at SageWest Health Care For most of us, this past holiday season was unlike any other we have experienced. Instead of the typical hustle and bustle of holiday parties, family gatherings, and being surrounded by those we love – this year was just different. I know for me personally, I missed celebrating Christmas with my parents. I also missed enjoying my kids’ summer activities and gathering with my friends. While changing traditions this year was hard, I know there are people here in our community who are facing much greater difficulties because of how COVID-19 has impacted their lives. I see these challenges every single day in my role on the frontlines of fighting this pandemic as an anesthesiologist and also currently serving as the chief of staff at SageWest Health Care.

SageWest administers COVID-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers

SageWest Health Care received an initial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines and is in the process of distributing them in accordance with prioritization guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal government, state and local public health partners. Vaccine administration has begun with our frontline healthcare workers. SageWest Health Care is pleased to be taking this next exciting step toward ending the pandemic and advancing our mission of Making Communities Healthier. Dr. Robert Veland receives the COVID-19 Vaccine. Related Posts

State briefs for Dec 22, 2020

In-patient services resume at Riverton hospital RIVERTON (WNE) — In-patient services have resumed at the SageWest Health Care Riverton hospital. Hospital administrators said an initiative by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has provided supplemental staffing resources to support the influx of hospital patients due to the rapid acceleration of COVID-19 in the community. “We would like to thank Gov. Gordon’s initiative, the Department of Health and the Wyoming Hospital Association for their staffing resource support,” SageWest Health Care CEO John Ferrelli said in a prepared statement. All patients temporarily had been moved to Lander earlier this month. Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and recent statewide hospitalizations, last week Gordon issued a statewide public-health order requiring the use of face coverings in almost all places outside of the home.

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