West Virginia hospital closure shutters 3 residency programs

Thirty-four medical residents were forced to relocate after Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, W.Va., closed its doors Sept. 4, according to The Intelligencer.

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The residents were part of OVMC’s three residency programs, which officially ended Sept. 20. The programs were internal medicine, emergency medicine and a combined internal medicine-emergency medicine program, according to the report.

All the residents found new placements to complete their training. About two-thirds moved to residency programs beyond the Ohio-West Virginia-Pennsylvania tri-state area.

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