West Suburban Medical Center closed its doors to all patients on March 27 with its CEO blaming chronic payment collection woes for a financial crisis that led the hospital to furlough its 600-some employees. Since, all patients have been discharged or transferred to a different medical facility.
Meanwhile, the owner of the hospital’s real estate and a minority investor in the hospital said he’s working with Insight Hospital & Medical Center to potentially reopen and operate West Sub. And State Rep. La Shawn Ford, a long-time supporter of the hospital, said there needs to be an investigation of the hospital’s finances.
The hospital’s closing was disclosed in an email to staff on March 25. Obtained by Wednesday Journal and the Austin Weekly News, the email from Manoj Prasad, the CEO of Resilience Health, said the hospital was able to make only one last payroll…