CEO: Possible Sitka Community Hospital merger raises ‘complexity’ of hospital’s challenges

The decision to close the OB program, and reduce surgery to half-time, has not received final approval from the hospital board, and Allen himself is not overjoyed about it. “Signing birth certificates is one of the things I like most!” he said, after Wednesday’s Chamber meeting. (KCAW photo/Robert Woolsey)Sitka Community Hospital is operating in the black for the first time in several years, but its future is far from certain.
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CEO Rob Allen told the Sitka Chamber of