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Another Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies, cites ‘labor and delivery staffing’

by BY ANGELA PALERMO, Idaho Statesman
| April 3, 2023 4:25 PM

Valor Health, the only hospital in Emmett, announced Wednesday that starting in a couple of months, it no longer will provide labor and delivery services to the city of nearly 8,000 people. A news release from the hospital cited financial challenges and an ongoing staffing crisis as the reasons. The hospital’s board of trustees voted to support the move at a meeting March 28, following recommendations from Valor Health CEO Brad Turpen...

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