After hearing testimonies from community members and physicians, county supervisors directed the hospital to continue the program and to hire an additional round of resident physicians. The testimonies were in response to KMC’s announcement last month that it would suspend the program for six months because the program costs the hospital $5.5 million annually. While the hospital will retain the program, it will spend the next six months re-evaluating the program, according to the report.
The three-year family practice residency program trains six physicians in each class.
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