GRAND HAVEN — In deciding to merge into the large Trinity Health ecosystem, North Ottawa Community Health System potentially stands to reap one immediate benefit: a greater ability to attract physicians.
Healthcare services reduce when hospitals close. Period. Jobs are lost when hospitals close. Businesses suffer when hospitals close. Public safety concerns rise when hospitals close. Death increases when hospitals close.
Bon Secours has been slashing services at Richmond Community while investing in the city's wealthier, white neighborhoods, according to more than 20 former executives, doctors and nurses.
VENICE – ShorePoint Health Venice Hospital closed its doors at noon Thursday – ending a 71-year run for the healthcare facility on the island. Owners Community Health Systems Inc. blamed the closure on the opening of the Venice campus of Sarasota Memorial Hospital in November.