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The Curry Health Network is reportedly furloughing doctors and nurses. KCIW News has reached out to Curry Health and was told that no information about the reported lay-offs will be released until after its April 2, 2020 Board Meeting. But KCIW News has learned from multiple sources that the hospital is running out of money.
Sources say that when Curry Health opened its stand-alone Emergency Department in Brookings it was an expensive move, and Curry Health had to take out a short-term loan to make it happen. Curry CEO Ginny Williams was confident the new E.R. would pay back that $1.2 million loan within the year, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Curry Health and other hospitals were told to stop performing non-critical procedures. Those non-critical procedures represent money Curry Health banked on, and the combination of high bills and less income means the hospital is doing everything it can to save money … and that’s why doctors and other health care workers at Curry Health are reportedly being furloughed. It’s all part of the hospital’s effort to quickly reduce expenses.
So what’s next? And what does that mean for the hospital’s future? KCIW News will be following this story as it develops and will bring you the latest information.
Taking away what little you offered for real doctors in Brookings your ill timed growth for the all mighty dollar is now going to cost you more than money. It is costing you clients who assumed you would be growing in more medical doctors not less.
I don’t understand why you took away the only urgent care clinic from our area. We had survived forever with going to Sutter Coast Hospital or Curry hospital having lived here since the early 80s. Now what are we supposed to do with the virus coming our way?
What doctors have been furloughed?
http://www.curryhealthnetwork.com/getpage.php?name=Potential_COVID-19_Patient_Surge_Volunteer_Interest
They have asked all the Normal GP docs and Staff to stay away from the Hospital in order to safe guard them . We still have all the Staff we need in Both Locations.
“Curry Health Network has heard from community members with health care experience of their interest in helping at Curry General Hospital, if needed, during any potential COVID-19 patient surge.
At this time, all employed health care Providers are committed to serving in any capacity necessary, so there is no current need for additional health care workers.”