Providence Health has notified the state of Washington that it plans to lay off about 57 employees, including 10 in Eastern Washington, between now and Jan. 20 as hospitals across the country face financial challenges.
The Eastern Washington cuts include two employees at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, two in Walla Walla and others in Spokane and Liberty Lake.
The Kadlec organization will lose a finance manager and a clinical institute executive director, both working in the Kadlec Corrado Medical Building, according to information provided to the Washington state Employment Security Department…