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Alabama-based Mercy Medical lays off staff
The Press Register, August 15, 2008
Mercy Medical officials have announced that the Alabama-based nonprofit Catholic healthcare company had laid off 18 employees due to a drop in the number of patients staying at their facilities over the past two years. Of those laid off, just one employee had provided direct medical care to patients, while the rest had held administrative positions, said Mercy Medical officials.
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