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David Cook: Diagnosis, please

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Moments after the Erlanger board voted Kevin Spiegel the new CEO, Holly Rivera was out in the hallway, holding her stomach, hoping her baby would not come too early.

“Pre-term labor,” she said.

Holly and her husband, Jorge, had checked into Erlanger on Friday. Drove all the way from McMinn-ville.

“My hospital doesn’t have the capabilities,” she said.