Yellowstone Heart Center Changes

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By KULR-8 News Staff

Story Published: Mar 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM MST

Story Updated: Mar 10, 2010 at 11:07 AM MST

BILLINGS - Saint Vincent Healthcare officials announce plans to restructure the Yellowstone Heart Center.

Officials with Saint Vincent Healthcare say current heart patients have already been notified two of the center's cardiologists will no longer be offering service come May 31st, 2010.

Marketing Director for Saint V's, Margo Aldrich said Tuesday, the hospital will offer patients a chance to transition into other cardiology practices currently affiliated with Saint Vincent Healthcare. In the meantime, the Yellowstone Heart Center's two physician assistants, Heather Heggem and Tanja Wardell will continue to serve heart patients.

In a written response issued Tuesday by Aldrich, the company stated; "We will continue to grow our services, and plan to take our high-quality, award-winning cardiovascular program to the next level."

At this point, it' unclear how many jobs could be affected by the move.

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Anonymous said on Wednesday, Mar 10 at 1:41 PM

It's only the patients that are going to suffer. It's really to bad that St. V's didn't live up to it's end of the bargain when they hired both of the doctors. Who can expected a person to work 6 days out of the week and have to take call all the time. St. V's doesn't realize that their families have suffered. Rather than negotiate, St. V's decided to cut ties and try to scoop up all their patients.

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