Article: In search of a savior.(Healdsburg (CA) General Hospital)

Calif. community works to keep hospital from closing

The clock is ticking for Healdsburg (Calif.) General Hospital, a 49-bed facility owned by Columbial/HCA Healthcare Corp.

Because of financial losses, Columbia intends to close the hospital on June 2 if no buyer or viable partner emerges. Columbia announced its 90-day ultimatum for the hospital on March 4.

Since then, community leaders, as well as a number of California-based healthcare systems, have provided hope that the hospital will survive.

Healdsburg and Columbia have begun preliminary discussions with a number of companies.

"It's looking very positive that the hospital will remain open," said ...

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