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Madera County Supervisors are agreeing to fund $500,000 in hospital operating costs for 30 days, but only if a new partner’s letter of intent is in place.
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A bankruptcy judge will soon decide whether Madera Community Hospital needs to liquidate to repay its creditors. Its largest creditor, St. Agnes Medical Center, is the very entity that backed out of a purchasing deal last December.
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The hospital says a reopening plan is needed to apply for the funding and a $250,000 cost to produce the plan is holding back those efforts.
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It’s undeniable the closure of Madera Community hospital in January left healthcare gaps for thousands of residents. Now a new survey quantifies just how significant the closure has been.
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The “Distressed Hospital Loan Program” would make $150 million in state funds available to help struggling hospitals.
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Hospitals aren’t the only places in need of more nursing staff. The Madera County Jail is seeing an increased need too.
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Farmworkers in central California have worked through extreme heat, wildfires and extreme rain periods, but gaps in health care access have placed them in an even more precarious position.
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More than two months after shutting down all services and clinics, Madera Community Hospital officially filed for Chapter. 11 bankruptcy.
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A consulting group was offered up to create a reopening plan for Madera Community Hospital. But KVPR’s Soreath Hok reports the Madera County Board of Supervisors turned down the idea.
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The financial viability of Madera Community Hospital continues to be a question two months after the hospital shut its doors with the intention to file for bankruptcy.