The Palo Verde Healthcare District (PVHD) Sunday accepted the terms of an emergency $330,000 bridge loan from the city of Blythe, according to a Monday press release from the city, allowing hospital operations to continue through at least Friday.
“As a condition of the loan, the district agreed to contract with Riverside County or a Riverside County-approved management team to assume the day-to-day management and operation of Palo Verde Hospital,” according to the city’s press release. “This is intended to provide immediate operational oversight and stability while longer-term solutions are pursued.”
Interim City Manager Mallory Crecelius said in an email to The Riverside Record that the qualifications, experience, financial capacity and expertise of PVHD were of “particular concern” to the city…