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Leadville Hospital Might Be Saved By Outside Investors

St. Vincent Hospital
St. Vincent Hospital

St. Vincent Hospital in Leadville is scheduled to closed in March.

The 25-bed critical access hospital serves more than 7,300 people in Lake County.

Since the closure was announced in November, St. Vincent has laid off nearly half of its staff and ended its long-term care unit and physical therapy services.

The hospital is still operating its emergency room and ambulance service.

KVNF's Laura Palmisano speaks to Karen Rinehart the community relations director for St. Vincent. 

Rinehart says there's hope an outside group could take over the hospital and keep it open. St. Vincent officials are planning to meet with those groups Thursday. 

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