A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?
Even intensive-care patients who belong in special units are dependent on Cascade. One recent diabetic ketoacidosis patient was kept alive at Cascade because the Life Flight helicopter from Boise couldn’t navigate through thick fog. Another patient, who was having a heart attack, was denied a transfer to St. Luke’s in Boise because Cascade is not…