Bartlett Regional Hospital will take over Glacier Pediatrics in downtown Juneau

Bartlett Regional Hospital is taking over ownership of an independently-owned pediatric clinic in downtown Juneau.

Glacier Pediatrics has been offering pediatric care in Juneau for more than two decades. But hospital administration says discussions with the practice about its struggles to operate independently have been ongoing over the past month and a half.

The clinic sees children from birth through age 19. Earlier this week, the city-owned hospital’s board of directors voted unanimously to purchase the assets of the practice and bring the clinic under Bartlett’s umbrella of care.

Under the plan approved by the board , the clinic will remain at the same location and its current employees will continue to oversee medical services. Clinic employees will become hospital empl