Hutcheson Medical Center will close Dec. 4, multiple hospital employees say.
The employees, speaking anonymously for fear of retribution, told the Times Free Press hospital administrators held a town hall meeting Thursday morning. The executives told the employees the hospital’s last day of operations will be the first week of December.
On Wednesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul Bonapfel also signed an order authorizing the hospital to begin shutting down.
Hutcheson CEO Farrell Hayes declined to comment Thursday when asked to confirm the shutdown date. He referred the Times Free Press to Ronald Glass, the court-appointed trustee charged with handling the hospital’s finances. Glass, too, declined to comment.
However, on Oct. 30, Glass told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge that he would begin the process of shutting down the hospital this week. Glass had to give the Georgia Department of Health and Human Services a 30-day notice.