Bowie (Texas) Memorial Hospital, which closed last November, has a new owner, according to a KAUZ news report.
Bowie Memorial closed after voters nixed a ballot measure that would have saved the facility through the creation of a new hospital district. The hospital entered negotiations with a Houston-based company last December, but the deal fell through less than a month later. With resources dwindling, hospital authority directors accepted a $1.5 million bid from Hasan Farid Hashmi, MD, for the purchase of Bowie Memorial.
At a board meeting Monday, Bowie Memorial officials signed off on documents to transfer ownership of the hospital to the Hashmi Group. Dr. Hashmi said he expects the hospital to begin admitting patients by early September, according to the report.
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