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Article: He got hospital off critical list: Soon-to-retire CEO Percy Allen II revived West Baltimore's money-losing Bon Secours.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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Byline: M. William Salganik
Aug. 1--When Percy Allen II became president and chief executive officer of Bon Secours Baltimore Health System in 1999, the West Baltimore hospital was losing about $10 million a year and ranked dead last in the parent Bon Secours system. It was a time of stress for urban hospitals. That year, three in Baltimore - Liberty Medical Center, Church Hospital and Children's Hospital - shut down. "Most employees thought I was coming here to close the place," Allen, who will retire this month, recalled recently. "I told them I'm a builder, not an undertaker."
Seven years later, Bon Secours is among the top five or six in ...