An ambulatory center operated by the hospital will close the same day, but will reopen immediately under Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health’s management, ABC affiliate WKBW reported March 17.
In November 2019, the hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and signed a management agreement with Catholic Health. The health system has been planning to close Eastern Niagara Hospital once its new Lockport Memorial Hospital opens in the same city; it named Maralyn Militello, BSN, RN, Eastern Niagara’s final CEO earlier this week.
The closure will affect 337 employees, according to a WARN notice filed March 16 — 280 employees from the primary hospital, and 57 employees from the ambulatory center.
