By the end of the month, two Alabama hospitals will stop delivering babies. A third will follow suit a few weeks later. That will leave two counties — Shelby and Monroe — without any birthing hospitals, and strip a predominantly Black neighborhood in Birmingham of a sought-after maternity unit.
The 18-year-old hospital announced last week that it would close on Thursday, eliminating more than 50 full and part-time jobs in La Grange, a rural town of about 4,400 people.
Salina Regional Health Center will soon have a new person in a leadership role. According to the hospital, Bethanie McDowell will be the new Vice President, Patient Care/CNO. McDowell, MSN RN CIC, has worked at Salina Regional Health Center for the past 15 years.
One town in Kansas is losing its hospital. 13 NEWS reached out to the Herington Hospital Monday morning about reports of its closure. Employees were informed Monday the facility is indeed closing.