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Photos: Warren Memorial Hospital becomes first rural emergency hospital in Nebraska.
A look at an emergency room at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Friend Community Healthcare System co-CEOs, from left, Ron Te Brink, Amy Thimm and Jared Chaffin, pose for a photo inside Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Jeremy Svoboda, a physical therapist at Warren Memorial Hospital, helps Marcia Gavin with her therapy in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Gavin, who lives across the street from the hospital, is completing physical therapy after a left shoulder replacement.
A look inside the operating room at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
A look at an Avel eCare telemedicine call box inside an emergency room at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Amy Thimm, vice president of clinical services and quality and interim co-CEO, left, and Ron Te Brink, the hospital's chief information officer an interim co-CEO, talk inside an emergency room at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Alphe Manalili, lab manager, talks about working at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Jill Speece, a medical assistant at Warren Memorial Hospital, restocks the sample room at the hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Marcia Gavin uses a pulley during her physical therapy at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Gavin, who lives across the street from the hospital, is completing physical therapy after a left shoulder replacement.
A look at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
A look at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
A look inside an emergency room at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
A sign advertising Warren Memorial Hospital's services, sits in the hospital's cafeteria in Friend, Neb., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
