FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia University Health System has temporarily reopened portions of a hospital shut down by its former owner.
WVU Medicine held a ceremony Tuesday at Fairmont Medical Center, news outlets reported. The hospital will be WVU Medicine’s temporary home in Marion County until it constructs another facility a couple of miles away within a few years.
Fairmont Medical Center will serve as an emergency department with 12 emergency beds and 10 inpatient beds.
The WVU Health System operates more than a dozen hospitals and is the state’s largest health system.
Former owner Alecto Healthcare closed the medical center in March, saying it had lost $19 million over three years and could not find a suitable buyer. At the time the hospital had more than 600 employees. Alecto also closed hospitals last year in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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