Here’s what you should know:
1. Shriners will cut 35 full-time positions as a result of the change and will no longer be a full-service hospital.
2. The hospital is making the change to follow nationwide trends away from inpatient care.
3. Hospital Administrator Charles Lobeck said the health system would develop an outpatient clinic to provide pediatric, orthopedic, radiology and rehabilitation care.
4. If surgery is needed, Shriners surgeons will utilize a local children’s hospital.
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