Faced with continuing operational losses, the board of Mendocino Coast District Hospital has asked five hospital operators, including Sutter Health and Adventist Health, to take a look at buying or partnering with a facility that serves 23,500 residents along a 70-mile stretch of California’s North Coast.
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Why tiny Fort Bragg hospital is looking to Sacramento-area giants for lifeline
By The Sacramento Bee
| April 24, 2019
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