Trinity Health of New England's 92-bed hospital in Stafford, Conn., suspended inpatient and outpatient surgeries June 9 due to a staffing shortage, the Journal-Inquirer reported.
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Livingston (Mont.) HealthCare reopened June 15 after flood water forced the hospital campus to shut down.
Coos Bay, Ore.-based Bay Area Hospital will keep its inpatient behavioral health unit open after advocacy from nurses, community members and elected officials, KCBY reported June 13.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is showing its opposition to Beverly (Mass.) Hospital's plans to permanently close its freestanding birth center in September because of staffing shortages, The Salem News reported June 13.
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The New York Department of Health rejected Monticello, N.Y.-based Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills' request to close its 10-bed critical care unit, Mid Hudson News reported June 10.
Pardee UNC Health Care buildings in Hendersonville, N.C., were put under a temporary lockdown June 8 in response to a threatening phone call.
Several hospitals are scaling back inpatient services or ending inpatient care.
Minneapolis-based Allina Health is making a series of changes, including consolidating hospitals and scaling back services, the Star Tribune reported June 7.
Some Pennsylvania hospitals say closures and service reductions within Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health and West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health have led to overrun emergency departments and other capacity strain at their facilities, NPR affiliate WHYY News reported June 7.