Indiana hospital closes, lays off 269 employees

Kentuckiana Medical Center in Clarksville, Ind., closed April 5.

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The hospital announced in late February that it would begin the process of shutting down. In March, the hospital closed its emergency room and stopped accepting ambulances.

According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed March 4, the hospital’s 269 employees were laid off when the facility closed.

Kentuckiana Medical Center, managed by Galichia Hospital Group, opened in 2009.

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