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Ludington's Hospital Joins Spectrum

Interlochen Public Radio | By Linda Stephan
Published October 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM EDT
Photo courtesy of the hospital.
Photo courtesy of the hospital.

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/LudingtonSpectrumQA-WEB.mp3

The hospital in Ludington officially changed ownership this week. Ludington Memorial Medical Center is now Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. 

It's the latest in a series of independent hospitals in northern Michigan to join larger, downstate hospital systems.

We talked with Ludington hospital CEO Mark Vipperman Tuesday. Listen to the audio above.
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