For LifeCare's CEO, it's a steady search for the best

by Jeff Olsen

If you're an MLB executive, it's a numbers game.

If you're short on pitchers, you've got problems. Likewise, if fans aren't coming to the ballpark, you've got even bigger problems.

Recently, Keith Okeson, the CEO of LifeCare Medical Center in Roseau, mentioned that things are going well in their maternity ward.

"In the last few years, we've averaged 170 babies annually."

That's not the case in many smaller hospitals around the state. Their maternity wards have closed in recent years because of fewer deliveries.

In Fosston, their maternity ward is being discontinued in a cost cutt...