Central Texas Urology will remain open in Waco after severing ties with the bankrupt Little River Healthcare, which has abruptly closed facilities all over Central Texas and eliminated an estimated 300 jobs in Bell, Williamson and Milam Counties, the Waco Tribune reported. The clinic, located in Six West Medical Plaza at Sanger Avenue and State Highway 6, was still seeing patients on Monday and will continue to do so, staffers said. They referred further questions to doctors, who were preparing a statement but had not released it as of early Monday evening. A WARN statement from the Texas Workforce Commission listed Central Texas Urology among the medical providers affected by Little River Healthcare’s decision to shutter facilities following a bankruptcy filing in July. Central Texas Urology was formed in 1980 with two physicians. The CTU website, which features a Little River Healthcare logo at the top of the page, says the office features the services of six urologists “with 75 years’ experience” among them, two physician assistants, nurses and staffers. Read more.
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