Rhode Islanders anxiously awaiting confirmation of a deal to save Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from closing will have to keep waiting after a hearing in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas Tuesday morning. But time is running out. A cost-sharing agreement between Prospect Medical Holdings, the hospitals' bankrupt owner, and the state attorney general's office guaranteed funding for Roger Williams and Fatima to stay open through November — less than two weeks away. The parties are working to extend the funding split through December with the expectation a new buyer will take over, said Thomas Califano, an attorney with Sidley Austin LLP representing Prospect.
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