LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There is some uncertainty over the potential sale of three hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania. A board member with Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is expressing his concern to state lawmakers.
28/22 News Colby Hughes spoke with the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital board chairman on Saturday.
28/22 News asked him why he opposes the hospital being included with two Scranton-based facilities in a proposed sale to Tenor Health Foundation.
Commonwealth Health employees received a letter on Wednesday stating the proposed deal with Tenor Health, a non-profit that works to turn around financially challenged hospitals.
The letter that employees at Regional and Moses Taylor hospitals in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre General received contained very little information.
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Board Chairman Justin Matus tells 28/22 News the more research the board did on Tenor Health, the less appealing the deal looked, especially since Wilkes-Barre General Hospital was not originally included in the proposed sale.
"Part of our concern is they have no visible resources that we're aware of, not a lot of experience, and also, we don't need any managerial help," Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Board Chairman Justin Matus told 28/22 News.
The board of directors at Wilkes-Barre General expresses in their letter to lawmakers that this deal might mean "the demise of the hospital itself".
Matus hopes state legislators can halt the sale of the hospital to Tenor Health. He is also voicing other frustrations about the proposed deal.
