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Cabell Huntington Hospital is exploring an acquisition of St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Cabell Huntington said Tuesday in a news release that it is discussing a potential acquisition with Pallottine Health Services, Inc., which operates St. Mary’s.
Both hospitals are located in Huntington. St. Mary’s has 393 beds and is the largest private employer in Cabell County. Cabell Huntington has 303 beds.
Cabell Huntington and Pallottine Health Services say they believe a merger would improve the delivery of health care services.
St. Mary’s CEO Michael Sellards said in the release that the Pallotine Missionary Sisters have decided to end their sponsorship of the hospital. He attributed the decision to a changing health care climate and fewer sisters to oversee the organization’s health care ministries.
The population in Appalachia’s coal-producing counties has declined since the boom of the 1950s. As the coal industry mechanized and shrunk, jobs went away, and young people did, too. Now, a series of population estimates shows things might get even worse.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMillions of pumpkins are used as decorations each year, and keeping them out of landfills can help stop the creation of tons of greenhouse gasses.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGov. Morrisey said current funds will suffice until at least Nov. 17 and hopes federal SNAP funds will be back in place by then..
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMiners hit a previously unknown pocket of water inside the Rolling Thunder Mine in Drennen, West Virginia Saturday. Working miners escaped the flooding mine, but one did not make it out.
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