Some Nix Specialty Health Center patients may be transferred to Nix Behavioral Health Center in San Antonio, which will remain open, a spokesperson for Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings told KSAT.
When the health center closes, 158 employees will lose their jobs, according to the report.
Prospect Medical Holdings is also closing Nix Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in San Antonio, and its entire home health unit. Prospect Medical Holdings confirmed the hospital’s closure Sept. 3, but has not confirmed the precise date.
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