An incentive package put together by local business leaders and municipal officials to aid in the recruitment of nurses to Altona is seeing some success. Coordinated by SEED, the initiative was launched this spring in hopes it would help re-open hospital ER services in the community.

ss leaders really stepped up to try to help solve it.

"It's very important for our economic development to have access to ER services, and so I think that's why they made the decision to rally together."

Recently, Southern Health-Sante Sud reported the staffing complement in the department is solidifying,