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DAYTON - Physicians Kim Abernethy and Marek Marcinkiewicz have resigned from their positions with Columbia County Health System, effective Dec. 29, according to interim Chief Executive Officer Jon Smiley.

Smiley did not comment on the reasons for their resignations, both tendered in September. "We wish them well in their future practices, though," he said.

Smiley and the hospital district board are actively recruiting new physicians to fill the vacancies, but this is a challenging task.

"It's a difficult process to find doctors who want to come to rural communities to practice," said Columb...