The hospital is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Los Robles Health System.
“By permanently closing the pediatric unit, we will be able to put greater focus on the specialties and services our community needs most,” Phil Buttell, CEO of Los Robles Health System, said in a statement obtained by VC Star.
Los Robles Regional’s emergency room will continue offering pediatric patients emergency care, and its birthing unit and neonatal intensive care will stay open. Seventeen people are employed within the hospital’s pediatric unit, and all affected employees are anticipated to be offered new roles in the organization.
Becker’s has reached out to Los Robles Health System and will update this story should more information become available.
