Banner Health announced Thursday that it will shut down the emergency room at McKee Medical Center in Loveland on Nov. 5, part of a sweeping plan to convert the facility into a specialty hospital focused on cancer care and surgery. More than 300 positions across its Northern Colorado facilities will be affected. The move means UCHealth's Medical Center of the Rockies will become the only emergency department in Loveland. The next closest Banner ER is about 20 minutes away in Fort Collins. Banner Health described the closure as part of a long-term transformation of its Northern Colorado operations.
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