Bon Secours will close Norfolk's DePaul hospital building in April

Citing extremely low patient volume and empty beds, Bon Secours Mercy Health will close DePaul Medical Center, a hospital with a history extending over 160 years in Norfolk, by April. The Catholic-based hospital system made an announcement in a news release Tuesday, a decision that has been rumored could be coming for at least two years, as competing hospitals in the surrounding area have grown and Bon Secours has conducted layoffs.