Hahnemann University Hospital Closing; 570 Residents Stranded

Very disturbing recent news is that historicHahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia is now scheduled to be shut down in early September (see:Hahnemann University Hospital to Close, Leaving Thousands Out of Work), Below is an excerpt from the article:Historic Hahnemann University Hospital in Center City, Philadelphia, is slated to close later this summer....Nurses and other employees were told the hospital on North Broad Street is slated to close on Sept. 6....The closure would leave around 800 union nurses and about 3,000 total employees out of work, said the union, which represents around 8,500 nurses across the state....The union also called out Joel Freedman, the chairman and founder of American Academic Health System.....The ownership of Hahnemann changed hands in January 2018 when American Academic Health System bought the medical center — and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children — fromTenet Healthcare Corp. for $170 million....California-based AAHS has not been able to get Hahnemann on sound financial ground....Earlier this year, Freedman said the health system could be left with no option but to close Hahnemann as it lost between $3 to $5 million per month....The hospital was founded in 1848 as the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. In addition to treating patients, the hospital also serves to train medical students and residents from Drexel University.Another article discussed the number of residency positions that are being eliminated by th...
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