By Randy Picking ~ Salina Post

Salina Regional Health Center beginning on October 1st will assume responsibility for the management and operations of Lindsborg Community Hospital.

Ownership will not change, but Lindsborg hospital employees will become employees of Salina Regional Health Center.

In the fall of 2011, it was announced that Lindsborg Community Hospital and Salina Regional were working toward increasing their affiliation to enhance health care services for residents in the Smoky Valley community.

The affiliation has been formalized after more than a year of study, discussion, planning and negotiation.