Juneau’s hospital to receive $4M in federal dollars to improve emergency department

Bartlett Regional Hospital on March 26, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
Congress recently passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill that the president signed into law last weekend. Buried inside it was $4 million for improvements to the emergency department at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital.
Nathan Rumsey, the hospital’s executive director of business development and strategy, announced the news to the hospital board during a meeting Tuesday night. 
“The primary objectives of