Hope for Erie Shriners' Hospital?
Hamot Medical Center may help keep Shriners' Hospital of Erie operating.
A vote will be taken at the Shriners' National Convention the week of July 6 on closing the hospital because it's been losing money.
But Hamot's CEO Jim Fiorenzo issued a statement saying that the two hospitals have had a long-standing relationshiop and it's important that Shriners' has a future in the community.
He says officials with both hospitals are in negotiations, and he's encouraged with the conversations they've had.
Hamot already owns the land Shriners' Hospital is on, and the two hospitals share some programming and medical staff.
A vote will be taken at the Shriners' National Convention the week of July 6 on closing the hospital because it's been losing money.
But Hamot's CEO Jim Fiorenzo issued a statement saying that the two hospitals have had a long-standing relationshiop and it's important that Shriners' has a future in the community.
He says officials with both hospitals are in negotiations, and he's encouraged with the conversations they've had.
Hamot already owns the land Shriners' Hospital is on, and the two hospitals share some programming and medical staff.
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