The Hillsoboro Community Hospital isn’t closing its doors, but with a financial strain, the hospital this week declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The Hillsboro Free Press reports from a hospital spokesman that “this action is taken to protect the improvements that have been made and to continue on that pathway.”
The newspaper reports Hillsboro Community Hospital was one of two Empower-owned hospitals to file bankruptcy this week. Horton Community Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, a day after Hillsboro Community Hospital made the move.
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