Orlando Health plans to shut down a recently purchased Brevard County hospital, eliminating more than 900 jobs, because it said the facility is in poor condition and upgrading it is not cost effective. The announcement is an unexpected move in Orlando Health's expansion drive, with an uncertain but likely significant impact on the region's hospital market, since it will take years to replace the facility. The hospital system said it plans to build a new hospital in Brevard and to offer the 940 employees now working at Rockledge Hospital positions at other Orlando Health facilities. The hospital and four outpatient centers will close April 22.
