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New temp nurses offer hope for Baker City birth center's future

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City put new temp nurses to work helping with deliveries this week. Meanwhile, community members await word on longer-term federal help to avert the birth center's Aug. 26th closure, which could threaten lives.
August 3, 2023
 
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COURTESY OF SAINT ALPHONSUS.

Several new temp nurses started work Monday for the birth center at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center — Baker City, part of an agreement to buy time a