Yakima Valley Memorial in Washington State is closing another outpatient clinic to consolidate services and help address a serious staffing shortage at the hospital, which has more than 100 unfilled nursing positions available, YakTriNews.com reports.
Memorial officials initially shut down their Ambulatory Endoscopy Clinic this summer when the hospital was being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. Clinic nurses and other medical staff were transferred to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital to help with acute care patients, while continuing to perform endoscopic procedures like colonoscopies. Read more.
