Rutland Regional Medical Center announced it will be closing its five inpatient pediatric beds in its women's and children’s unit. RRMC's CEO, Judi Fox, said the number of children requiring hospital stays longer than 24 hours has declined significantly, and nearly 50% of the time, the pediatric beds are unoccupied She went on to say that maintaining services not being used is an inefficient use of staff and resources, as the cost pressures increase for the hospital.
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