Exhibit 3.298

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The First State

I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED ARE TRUE AND CORRECT COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS ON FILE OF “SCRANTON HOSPITAL COMPANY, LLC” AS RECEIVED AND FILED IN THIS OFFICE.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED:

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION, FILED THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2011, AT 6:33 O’CLOCK P.M.

AND I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE AFORESAID CERTIFICATES ARE THE ONLY CERTIFICATES ON RECORD OF THE AFORESAID LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, “SCRANTON HOSPITAL COMPANY, LLC”.

		/s/    Jeffrey W. Bullock
		Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State
4927796    8100H		AUTHENTICATION:	9120699
111142791		DATE:	10-27-11
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State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 06:45 PM 01/14/2011

FILED 06:33 PM 01/14/2011

SRV 110048026 – 4927796 FILE

STATE of DELAWARE

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

CERTIFICATE of FORMATION

• First: The name of the limited liability company is Scranton Hospital Company, LLC.

• Second: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400 in the City of Wilmington (New Castle County). The name of its Registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

• Third: (Use this paragraph only if the company is to have a specific effective date of dissolution.) “The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is                                          .”

• Fourth: (Insert any other matters the members determine to include herein.)

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Formation of Scranton Hospital Company, LLC this 14th day of January, 2011.

BY:	/s/    Kristie Putman
	Authorized Person(s)
NAME:	Kristie Putman, Organizer
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