Cody hospital vaccine mandate policy on hold

CODY — The West Park Hospital District board is taking a week to address some of the concerns raised by a series of impassioned speakers and board members before voting to approve a mandatory vaccine policy.

At a much more crowded than usual meeting Monday, board members Glenn Nielson, Ty Nelson, Jen Talich and Howard Thompson voted to table the vote until next Tuesday and in the meantime form an ad hoc committee to work through some of the issues. Dr. Lenox Baker and Peggy Rohrbach voted against tabling the vote.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a rule last week whereby a...