John Gallagher said that he and other Astria Health executives went “pretty much right to the end” in trying to prevent the closure of Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima, Wash., the Yakima Herald-Republic reported. “The other two hospitals in the company (Astria Toppenish and Astria Sunnyside) continue to improve and produce revenue that we used for the last 28 months to support Yakima,” said Gallagher, CEO of both Astria Health and Astria Regional, during a bankruptcy court hearing on Tuesday. “It is to the point that if we didn’t do something else, we could have three failing hospitals.” The hearing on Tuesday came a day after Astria Regional’s emergency department closed its doors. During his testimony, Gallagher said that the last patients were transferred to other facilities Monday and the organization had started the process of relinquishing Regional’s license with the Department of Health. Read more.
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