Alaska hospital closes

Sitka (Alaska) Community Hospital closed July 29, and the facility will be integrated into Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in Sitka Aug. 1.

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After the hospital closed, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium took over the facility. SEARHC will operate the facility as part of Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital.

SEARHC plans to offer a variety of services at the former Sitka Community Hospital, including a family clinic and long-term care, according to SEARHC’s website.

Local residents will also have access to urgent care. Mountainside Urgent Care, formerly Sitka Medical Center Express Care Clinic, will be open seven days a week.

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