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The Petersburg Medical Center has hired Dr. Selina Burt, the facility’s fourth physician, who has a tentative start date of April 15, according to PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter.

“I feel very fortunate to have a physician that’s willing to come up here and work here,” said Hofstetter.

Burt took a tour of the

facility, got the chance to meet with the current three physicians and had a great experience in Alaska when she visited in December. She will be coming to Petersburg from Texas where she’s worked as a family practice physician in a critical access hospital for six years. Hofstetter...