Warren, Youngstown hospital closures to lead to 900+ layoffs

More Ohio hospital closures are on the way for Steward Health Care as the troubled company searches for financial footing (Source: “Steward to Shutter Ohio Hospitals, Lay Off 944 Workers,” HealthLeaders, Aug. 29).
 
Steward is shutting down Trumbull Regional Medical Center and Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital both in Warren, Ohio, as well as Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio, resulting in 944 workers being laid off, according to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letters.
 
The layoffs will affect 765 employees at Trumbull Regional Medical Center, 170 at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, and nine at Northside Regional Medical Center.
 
Steward said it plans to close the facilities on September 20, after it failed to find a buyer. The health system put all of 31 of its U.S. hospitals up for sale when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May.