Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center is ending hospital services at its Lucerne Pavilion early this summer — sooner than expected — and the change will involve layoffs, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
In November 2012, Orlando Health announced a workforce reduction affecting 2 to 3 percent of its workforce, or as many as 400 employees. Layoffs affecting employees at Lucerne are part of that restructuring, hospital spokesperson Kena Lewis said in the report.
A specific number of employees to be affected was not provided in the report.
Lucerne houses non-intensive patients who still require hospitalization, as well as inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services. The hospital originally planned to close the pavilion when it completes its $300 million expansion in 2015. When it closes the pavilion the summer, it will transfer its 174 inpatient beds to the existing ORMC facility, which currently has 804 beds.
Ms. Lewis told the Orlando Sentinel the consolidation of patient beds is expected to save $7 million annually.
Lucerne will not shut down entirely this summer. Hospital President Shannon Elswick said several services, including rehab, outpatient wound care and infusion services, will remain at Lucerne until a later date, according to the report.
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In November 2012, Orlando Health announced a workforce reduction affecting 2 to 3 percent of its workforce, or as many as 400 employees. Layoffs affecting employees at Lucerne are part of that restructuring, hospital spokesperson Kena Lewis said in the report.
A specific number of employees to be affected was not provided in the report.
Lucerne houses non-intensive patients who still require hospitalization, as well as inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services. The hospital originally planned to close the pavilion when it completes its $300 million expansion in 2015. When it closes the pavilion the summer, it will transfer its 174 inpatient beds to the existing ORMC facility, which currently has 804 beds.
Ms. Lewis told the Orlando Sentinel the consolidation of patient beds is expected to save $7 million annually.
Lucerne will not shut down entirely this summer. Hospital President Shannon Elswick said several services, including rehab, outpatient wound care and infusion services, will remain at Lucerne until a later date, according to the report.
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