A statue in front of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital depicts the hospital’s namesake: An apparition of Jesus’ mother Mary appeared before three shepherd children from the Portuguese city of Fátima in 1917. (Photo by Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current)
Prospect Medical Holdings’ dire financial straits were well-documented , even before the owner of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital declared bankruptcy on Jan. 11.
But its cash flow woes are even worse than previously aired in public. The national hospital chain operator owes more than $1 billion to more than 100,000 creditors, but has just $3.4 million cash on hand, Paul Rundell, Prospect’s chief restructuring officer, wrote in testimony ahead of a federal bankruptcy court hearing in Dallas on Tuesday…