A physician member of Warren Hospital's Board of Trustees has resigned via email, saying the Phillipsburg, N.J.-hospital's medical staff was "left in the dark" about a recent decision to merge with St. Luke's Hospital and Health System in Bethlehem, Pa., according to a Express-Times report.
James Finegan, Jr., MD, sent the resignation email Saturday, in which he said the St. Luke's merger is the correct decision and a deal. Still, in the 240-word message, Dr. Finegan said he "can't help feeling that half of what the other [physicians] are saying is correct" and that the "process was overly secretive," according to the report.
More than 50 physicians have publicly criticized the hospital's board for forming an exclusive agreement to sell to St. Luke's while rejecting an offer from Community Health Systems in the same day it was received.
Dr. Finegan claims the administration said Warren was not close to a deal with any partner during a town hall meeting a few months ago. "I left the meeting in disgust as we had a preliminary deal with St. Luke's and the final papers were signed shortly after," Dr. Finegan wrote in his email, according to the report. He said the hospital is now in the midst of a public relations disaster.
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James Finegan, Jr., MD, sent the resignation email Saturday, in which he said the St. Luke's merger is the correct decision and a deal. Still, in the 240-word message, Dr. Finegan said he "can't help feeling that half of what the other [physicians] are saying is correct" and that the "process was overly secretive," according to the report.
More than 50 physicians have publicly criticized the hospital's board for forming an exclusive agreement to sell to St. Luke's while rejecting an offer from Community Health Systems in the same day it was received.
Dr. Finegan claims the administration said Warren was not close to a deal with any partner during a town hall meeting a few months ago. "I left the meeting in disgust as we had a preliminary deal with St. Luke's and the final papers were signed shortly after," Dr. Finegan wrote in his email, according to the report. He said the hospital is now in the midst of a public relations disaster.
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