Mr. Fikse will leave the 408-bed hospital to become vice president for operations at Division II at Community Health, a for-profit company that owns, operates or leases 122 hospitals in 29 states.
A Southside Regional spokeswoman said no replacement had been announced yet.
Read the Progress-Index report on Community Health Systems.
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