Despite uncertainty, Sitka Hospital maps out a future

In order to survive, Sitka Community Hospital needs to overhaul how it does business. That was the message of an outside consultant to the Sitka Assembly Thursday night (7-13-17). (Emily Kwong/KCAW )Sitka Community Hospital is in the early stages of a make-over. Building upon the recommendations of an outside consultant, Stroudwater Associates, hospital leadership is directing changes to make Sitka Community a standalone operation. Those include discontinuing the labor and deliver program, reduc