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Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., has announced a workforce restructuring plan that will lead to 23 layoffs, according to a hospital news release posted by WWNYTV.

Orlando Health has confirmed more employees will be laid off as part of a restructuring the system announced in November, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

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Though the U.S. added 162,000 jobs in July, hospitals cut 4,400 jobs during that time, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Thirty employees at Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center and 24 employees at Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital have been furloughed, according to a report by The Times Herald. Both hospitals are owned by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.

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