Since Horton lost its local medical center in March, the fate of its building and related properties has been uncertain, but it is now apparent that these assets will remain in local hands.
Atchison Hospital made the high bid of $275,000 at auction for the defunct Horton Community Hospital on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to Horton City Administrator John Calhoon. The auction, conducted as part of bankruptcy proceedings, offered for sale the hospital building at 240 West 18th St. in Horton, a medical office building and associated real properties.
“The mayor, commissioners and myself worked extremely hard to … regain some level of medical services within our community,” Calhoon said. “We are fortunate that we have two other qualified health care organizations bidding on our property. We are happy that one of them did buy it. We’ll be hopeful that some level of health care will return to Horton.”
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