CEO Gary Bell said the medical center enacted the new policy because the sole critical care physician overseeing the unit stopped taking emergency calls, according to the article.
Patients in the ICU who needed 24-hour monitoring were transported to ICU units at other local area hospitals. It is unclear when those patients were transferred.
Mr. Bell said the new policy is temporary. The medical center is in the process of hiring two more physicians for the ICU, according to the article.
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