The Palo Verde Healthcare District (PVHD) Friday announced that it had come to an agreement with Riverside County to keep the hospital’s emergency room and ancillary services as well as the community clinic open.
“With the support of the city of Blythe and the county of Riverside, the district has obtained emergency, short-term funding to provide immediate operational support,” the district said in a statement. “This funding is intended to prevent an abrupt disruption of the hospital’s emergency services and the community clinic and to give the board and its advisors time to continue working with the county and other partners on a more sustainable path forward.”
According to a copy of the loan agreement between PVHD and the county, the district can only use the $1 million loan to maintain operations of the hospital’s emergency room, its ancillary services and the community clinic unless otherwise approved by the county…