Hunt Regional Healthcare announced Tuesday that it will close its freestanding emergency departments in Commerce and Quinlan at the end of September, citing unsustainable financial losses.
The Hunt Memorial Hospital District board said the decision was necessary to preserve core services for Hunt County residents. The two departments, which have operated for years as smaller outposts of the Greenville-based hospital, will officially close at 7 p.m. on September 30.
According to the district, keeping the facilities open would have required more than $15 million a year in continued operating expenses. Leaders pointed to rising costs of supplies and labor, a growing number of uninsured patients, and lower reimbursements from insurers as factors that made the model untenable…