The public trust operating Pushmataha Hospital in Antlers, Okla., filed for bankruptcy on Friday, noting the hospital will remain open as its leaders work to find a long-term solution, the Oklahoman reported yesterday. The Pushmataha County-City of Antlers Hospital Authority, a public trust operating the Pushmataha Hospital, filed the voluntary petition on Friday for chapter 9 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Pushmataha Hospital is one of multiple rural Oklahoma hospitals that have filed for bankruptcy over the past few years. In total, seven state rural hospitals have been involved in bankruptcy reorganizations since 2011.
