Bristol hospital says it's ok without Tenet

Disappointed by the collapse of the Tenet Healthcare acquisition, Bristol Hospital leaders nevertheless say they remain optimistic about the community hospital's future. The 93-year-old hospital, Bristol's second-biggest employer behind ESPN, is on sound financial ground and will record a profit this year, according to President Kurt Barwis. "We never stopped executing our plan to operate as a stand-alone community hospital," Barwis said. "We have 28 new employees in training, we're recruiting physicians. We've never stopped going forward." Almost immediately after Tenet declared it was dropping plans to buy five Connecticut hospitals, officials at one – financially troubled Waterbury Hospital – warned that layoffs and service reductions could soon follow.