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OTTUMWA, IOWA -- Ottumwa Regional Health Center has a new CEO.

Hospital officials announced Friday that David Kreye will take over the top job. Kreye has served as the interim CEO at the hospital since June. Prior to coming to Ottumwa he was the CEO at hospitals in Florida and Pennsylvania.

Kreye says growth is the key to Ottumwa Regional Healthcare’s success and he’s already working on ways to better serve the residents of southeast Iowa. He says the hospital will be adding five physicians to its staff this summer.