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Georgiana Medical Center to Close

Alabama News Network Staff,
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by Alabama News Network Staff

Alabama News Network has learned that Georgiana Medical Center will close on March 31. The hospital’s operator, Ivy Creek of Butler, says patients will then be directed to LV Stabler Memorial Hospital in Greenville and other providers. In a statement, Ivy Creek says the decision is part of a realignment that it blames on “the current difficult financial environment faced…

New Details in J. Paul Jones Hospital Closing

George McDonald,
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by George McDonald

From the West Alabama Newsroom– More details are available about the decision to close J. Paul Jones Hospital in Camden. Hospital board chairman George Alford says the hospital is losing money and has been doing so for years. He says a lack of overnight hospital stays and excessive use of the emergency room are the main cause. Alford says the…