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The latest deal to save Madera Community Hospital falls apart

With a fully operational facility and equipment, Madera Community Hospital has been closed for almost two months.
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With a fully operational facility and equipment, Madera Community Hospital sits closed in this February 2023 photo.

FRESNO, Calif. — Efforts to reopen the shuttered Madera Community Hospital faced another major setback this week, after Adventist Health pulled out of a deal to take over hospital operations.

KVPR’s Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado spoke with Melissa Montalvo, who broke the news for the Fresno Bee.

She starts by explaining how hospital bankruptcy attorney Riley C. Walter learned of the news following a bankruptcy hearing this week.

Listen to the interview in the player on this page.

Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado is KVPR's News Director. Prior to joining the station's news department in 2022, he was a reporter for PBS NewsHour and The Fresno Bee.
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