Trinity hospital closes behavioral health unit due to financial issues
Becker's Healthcare November 7, 2024
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa., closed its 21-bed inpatient behavioral health unit, effective Oct. 26.
The hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, shuttered the unit after “operational and financial challenges made it difficult” to continue to provide behavioral health services, Jason Griffith, a spokesperson for Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, said in a statement shared with Becker’s.
“After exhausting all available options, we made the difficult but necessary decision to close our 21-bed inpatient behavioral health unit,” according to the statement. “We are...