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SSM Health DePaul Hospital, photographed on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 in Bridgeton, Mo. SSM has announced the hospital’s trauma center, the last state-designated trauma center in north St. Louis County, will be shut down.
Tristen Rouse
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St. Louis Public Radio
The contract, covering 140,000 St. Louis-area patients, had been set to expire at midnight Wednesday.