Hays Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit, 207-bed hospital that acts as the supporting hospital for 24 critical access hospitals in the Northwest Kansas Health Alliance.

The partnership between the KCK hospital and Hays Medical Center will increase the availability of care for rural residents and create more opportunities for KU Hospital.

Rebecca Hays, a nurse at Via Christi’s Wound Care Clinic, cleans James Switzer’s wound on a recent amputation. Switzer, 72, is undergoing oxygen treatment in a hyperbaric chamber to save him ...