Here are four things to know:
1. Mr. Vander Kolk attended a D.C. Council health committee hearing Nov. 2. He said that while parent company St. Louis-based Ascension still plans to close the hospital, “a serious conversation” between hospital officials and city leaders may result in a later closing date.
2. The D.C. council passed an emergency bill in October authorizing city officials to disapprove of the hospital’s closure, forcing Providence to stay open for longer. The move was signed into law Nov. 1 by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the report states.
3. Mr. Vander Kolk said during the Nov. 2 meeting 494 of the hospital’s 1,562 employees will stay on through the transition, while the remaining 1,068 will lose their jobs. The system will keep roughly 30 physicians on staff while working with others to find new positions elsewhere.
4. Providence Health System has seen a 48 percent decline in patient volumes during the past six years, Mr. Vander Kolk said, adding that less than half of the hospital’s 283 beds have been used in 2018.
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