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COVID forces Riverton hospital to move services to Lander

RIVERTON (WNE) — In-patient hospital services by SageWest Health Care in Riverton have been moved to the Lander hospital due to high COVID-19 infection rates among staff.

“As you may have heard,” wrote SageWest spokeswoman Lindsey Anderson in a Tuesday statement, “members of our team have tested positive for COVID-19. To that end, we made the decision to temporarily transition all inpatient care to our Lander campus.” 

Imaging, emergency care, outpatient services, lab, surgical and infusion services still are available in...