Twenty-three nurses have been laid off as part of the downsizing, the union representing nurses at Suburban Community Hospital said.
Suburban Community Hospital in Montgomery County converted to a micro-hospital Tuesday, resulting in layoffs for 23 nurses, their union said.
As a micro-hospital, the East Norriton hospital will maintain its emergency department and have 60 licensed inpatient beds. It will no longer perform surgeries. As part of the downsizing, Prime closed its intensive care unit and operating rooms. It also suspended Suburban Community Hospital’s These hospitals, sometimes called neighborhood hospitals, are designed to fill coverage gaps in areas that can’t support a full-scale hospital.In northwestern Montgomery County, Lehigh Valley Health Network is building a new micro-hospital expected to open later this year. The single-story hospital will stand along Route 100 near Gilbertsville in Douglass Township.
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