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Article: El Dorado Hospital will close Aug. 18; Jan. reopening likely.
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- AZ Daily Star
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- August 5, 2006
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Byline: Jane Erikson
Aug. 5--El Dorado Hospital will close in two weeks -- months sooner than expected -- so its owner, TMC HealthCare, can remake it into a nursing home and center for patients who need long-term hospital care.
TMC HealthCare, which also owns Tucson Medical Center, said in May it would close El Dorado by the end of the year. But on Friday the parent organization said El Dorado will close Aug. 18, to make it easier and safer to begin renovations. The new El Dorado should be ready for patients by the first of next year, TMC spokeswoman Julia Strange said. El Dorado, 1400 N. Wilmot Road, will no longer admit patients after Aug. 14 ...