The Wabash General Hospital Board of Directors has approved a one year contract with Alliant Management Services of Louisville. But unlike previous Wabash General contracts with Alliant, the new agreement changes the parameters of the services from a management contract to a consulting agreement. The current contract with Alliant expires at the end of this week, and WGH President/CEO Karissa Turner said the one year deal will allow hospital officials to better gauge what scope of services they’ll require from Alliant. The board approved the new contract at their monthly meeting Monday afternoon.

Also at that meeting, the board approved spending just under $117,000 to buy five new defibrillators for the hospital and ambulance services. The new units will replace defibs that are 14 years old. The board also greenlighted spending up to $80,000 for surgical equipment to aid new ENT’s Dr. Mark Royer and Dr. Allison Royer who begin seeing patients next week. The instrument sets will allow the Royer’s to begin surgical procedures November 9th.