The city council will start a series of public hearings on the deal’s impact on University Hospital, which, unlike other local hospitals, spends millions of dollars on indigent care, medical education and trauma care.
The Enquirer reports that the sale will probably lead to the dissolution of the health alliance, with Christ Hospital and St. Luke Hospitals having withdrawn last year, Fort Hamilton Hospital planning to withdraw this year, and Jewish Hospital probably withdrawing if it is sold to Mercy.
Read the Cincinnati Enquirer’s report on University Hospital.
