Sources say Sharon Regional Medical Center's Emergency Room closed at 7 a.m. on Sunday, and for a few hours, there were no emergency services available at the hospitals serving the Sharon area. The closure comes one day ahead of the original Jan. 6 closure deadline. Posted on the doors of the hospital is a note stating it is closed and that the nearest hospital is UMPC Horizon Shenengo Campus. Frank Jannetti, director of Public Safety for Mercer County, said Sharon Regional is now on diversion, meaning it is no longer accepting patients into its emergency room. Sources say there are no longer any patients at Sharon Regional. The final psychiatric patients were removed last week. The hospital also did no "elective" surgeries last week.
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