Chief Healthcare Executive December 24, 2024
Sharon Regional Medical Center is poised to shut down. State and local efforts to preserve the hospital haven’t been successful.
Even after months of discussions and negotiations, the Sharon Regional Medical Center is poised to close its doors next month.
Barring a late effort to save the hospital, Sharon Regional is slated to close its doors Jan. 6. Steward Health Care, the for-profit hospital chain that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, owns Sharon Regional and notified the Pennsylvania Department of Labor that it plans to close the facility, with about 700 people slated to lose their jobs.
Based in northwestern Pennsylvania, Sharon Regional is licensed for 163 beds and has satellite locations around the region.
Doctors are dreading the...
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