Article: More Columbia deals die, execs leave.(Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.)(includes related article)

The mushrooming legal problems of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. last week derailed one the chain's most controversial acquisitions--the proposed purchase and conversion of 152-bed Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

Negotiations in a second deal also were scuttled in California, and a physician executive education program fell through with a university in Tennessee (See story, p. 6).

Meanwhile, more corporate executives of the Nashville-based company resigned, more employees were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury investigating the company and more private litigation was filed against Columbia. All come in the wake of growing ...

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