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Lakeland HealthCare and Watervliet Community Hospital talk merger

Lakeland HealthCare of St. Joseph and Watervliet’s Community Hospital are discussing a merger. The move comes after Community Hospital’s board decided earlier this year to seek a financial partner in […]

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Life EMS completes $2 million expansion project in Kalamazoo

Leaders of Life EMS Ambulance service have shown renewed commitment to the Kalamazoo area with a $2 million expansion and renovation of its property on the city's North Side.Mark Meijer, president of Grand Rapids-based business said the company was glad to be a part of the community.Excerpt:"We're primarily thankful every day for the trust that Kalamazoo and Portage puts in us and our medics in providing these critical services," Meijer said.Life EMS has a service contract with a consortium of area governments including the city of Kalamazoo, Oshtemo Township, Parchment and Cooper Township.Its workers operated for most of the past year out of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's former station at North Rose Street while its offices on North Street were being expanded from about 6,500 square feet to 18,170 square feet.Life EMS, which started with two ambulances and about eight workers serving the Kalamazoo area, now has about 80 workers here who utilize 14 paramedic transport vehicles and 10 wheelchair transport vans.For more on the dedication of the property at  517 E. North St., read the entire story. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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