Hutcheson Medical Center is seen in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.Hutcheson Medical Center will close at 9 a.m. Friday, though a room full of lawyers are still hoping to come to a solution that will save the hospital.
Hayden Kepner, an attorney representing Hutcheson, announced in U.S. Bankruptcy court this afternoon that the parties involved in the case could not agree on terms of a sale to Prime Healthcare Services, a California company offering to take over Hutcheson for $4.75 million.
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With the hospital scheduled to close Friday, CEO Farrell Hayes said last week that he thought the deal with Prime Healthcare had to go through before Hutcheson closed. The building is not up to code, and Hayes said state officials would not allow it to re-open.
However, Kepner said this afternoon that they have a slightly larger timeframe to negotiate a deal. Hutcheson can keep its hospital license for 10 days after it closed. And if Hutcheson still has its license, the building code issue would not come up if Prime Healthcare bought the hospital.