Baker City Hospital’s two advisory boards oppose pending birth center closure

BAKER CITY — Two boards associated with Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City are “unanimously and adamantly opposed” to the pending closure of the birth center at the Baker City hospital and will be meeting with hospital officials next week.

In a statement to the Baker City Herald on Sunday, June 25, the Baker City Hospital Foundation Board and the Baker City Hospital Community Advisory Board stated that on their request, their members will meet July 3 in Baker City with Saint Alphonsus Health System officials including CEO Odette Bolano and Dina Ellwanger, president of the Baker City and Ontario hospitals.