Washington Business Journal: Providence to keep emergency services open into the new year
The change follows last-minute negotiations with D.C. health leaders days before the Northeast D.C. hospital was slated to shut down its ER.
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Statement: Providence Hospital to Stay Open Until April 2019
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2018
Contact: Nolan Treadway
Washington, D.C. – Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie issued the following statement upon the announcement that Providence Hospital will not close its acute care services…
WUSA9: Eleventh hour move keeps Providence Hospital open for now
D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Doug Buchanan said that a city-wide radio announcement went out Friday afternoon saying that Providence would continue accepting the city's ambulances.
WAMU: Providence Hospital’s ER To Remain Open Through April 2019, Officials Say
Earlier this year, Providence Hospital announced it would shut down its acute-care services by December 14. Now the hospital’s emergency room will remain open through April 2019, according to the District of Columbia Hospital Association.
D.C. Catholic Leaders and Organizations Call for Providence Hospital to Stay Open
For Immediate Release: November 29, 2018
For Further Information: Corey Lanham
D.C. Catholic Leaders and Organizations Call for Providence Hospital to Stay Open
A group of Catholic leaders and organizations from the…
Hearing reveals frustration about proposed closing of Providence Hospital
Providence Hospital workers and concerned community members turned out in force at a DC government hearing this month, expressing frustration and disappointment with the planned closure of Providence Hospital in Northeast next month and a…
Washington Business Journal: Providence hospital still intends to close in December. But it’s not…
Providence Health System is sticking to its plan to shut down acute care in the District by Dec. 14, but CEO Keith Vander Kolk said he’ll commit to a conversation about extending that date amid D.C. Council efforts to keep it open longer.
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What took them so long?
DC Council members finally got serious this week about disrupting the plan to close Providence Hospital in Ward 5. They unanimously passed the Clarification of Hospital Procedure Emergency Amendment Act of 2018.…