Erlanger’s board of trustees is expected to also approve the partnership.
Through the agreement Erlanger would provide Hutcheson with $20 million to help financially stabilize the hospital. Hutcheson has been losing $1 million a month and laid off 75 employees on Monday.
Read the Chattanooga Times Free Press report on Hutcheson Medical Center and Erlanger Health System.
Read more coverage on the potential partnership between Hutcheson Medical Center and Erlanger Health System:
– Georgia’s Hutcheson Medical Center Moves Closer to Partnership With Erlanger
– Georgia’s Hutcheson Medical Submits Revised Partnership Proposal to Erlanger
– Georgia’s Hutcheson Medical Center Discussing Merger With Tennessee’s Erlanger Medical Center
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