Residents call Nowata hospital shift ‘disappointing’

Bartlesville Radio » News » Ascension's Tanner Holt Addresses Nowata Hospital Issue

We have been hearing the pleas from Nowata's Save Our Hospital group urging the faclilty's owner, Ascension, to keep the hospital in their town the way it is.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Tanner Holt with Ascension St John Jane Phillips met the situation head on saying that the Nowata Hospital is applying to transition from a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) to address unsustainable financial losses.  …

Residents call Nowata hospital shift ‘disappointing’

Ascension St. John, a nonprofit health system serving northeastern Oklahoma, is awaiting action on an application to reclassify its Nowata County location from a critical access hospital to a rural emergency hospital, which would end multi-day inpatient services at the location. In late April, staff members at the Ascension St. John Nowata hospital were told […] The post Residents call Nowata hospital shift ‘disappointing’ appeared first on NonD…