An Allegheny County (PA) judge ruled that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center had the right to close UPMC Braddock as scheduled on Jan. 31, under a 2007 bond agreement with Bank of New York Mellon approved by a county authority. UPMC announced plans in October to close the hospital about five miles east of Pittsburgh, saying it lost $27 million in the last six years, and was projected to lose $50 million more in the next six.
