WMC board holds last meeting before SEARHC transition

WRANGELL — The Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors met on Oct. 17 for their last meeting before the long-planned transition of authority to SEARHC. This comes after the successful passing of a ballot measure on Oct. 2 allowing SEARHC to take charge of the medical center. Senior Executive Vice President of SEARHC Dan Neumeister attended the meeting to give the board an update on the transition, which is scheduled to officially take place in early November.

The Wrangell Medical Center will keep the same name after SEARHC takes over operations, Neumeister said, and will offer the same serv...