Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy will clos e its labor and delivery unit next month . BPR spoke with hospital CEO Mark Kimball about how th e decision was reached: Erlanger, a nonprofit-Chattanooga based health system purchased Murphy Medical Center in 2018. When the hospital was purchased it was in trouble says CEO Mark Kimball . He adds decisions like c los ing the labor and delivery will hopefully keep the hospital profitable. “We looked at a number of factors in our service area,