Hospital layoffs. (Health Care).
Laying off 90 workers may not be as drastic a move as filing for bankruptcy protection. But the decision by Long Beach Memorial Medical Center cut jobs last month, only weeks after Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital sought Chapter 11 protection, is another sign of the stresses facing area
Administrators at Long Beach and its sibling hospital, Miller Children's Hospital, said they were forced to lay off the workers after their financial performance took a rapid turn for the worse in the third quarter.
The two hospitals, operated by Memorial Health Services, posted a net loss of $120,000 in the quarter ended Oct. 31, after recording a $2.8 million profit in the prior three months.
The layoffs will result in the closure of a wound care center and two pharmacies, a cutback in hours at an urgent care center, and the sale of an off-site clinic. Hospital chief executive Byron Schweigert said the goal was to avoid cutting bedside personnel.
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