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Porter Medical Center Rebounding From A Tumultuous Year

Vermont Public | By Jane Lindholm,
Steve Zind
Published August 9, 2017 at 12:00 PM EDT
Porter Medical Center in Middlebury.
Melody Bodette
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VPR File
Porter Medical Center has faced staffing and budget problems not uncommon among small community hospitals.

Middlebury's Porter Medical Center hit a low point in 2016. In the process of instituting cuts to deal with serious financial losses, staff morale suffered. 

More than one-quarter of the center's nurses left, along with half of the center's primary care physicians. The center's president and CEO also stepped down. Since then Porter has been recruiting and rebuilding.  The changes include joining the University of Vermont Health Network.

We'll talk to current Porter President and CEO Dr. Fred Kniffin and Alice Leo, president of the Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, to find out where things stand financially and how the medical center has addressed staffing and morale issues.

Broadcast live on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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Jane Lindholm
Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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Steve Zind
Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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