The suburban campus of Allegheny General Hospital in Bellevue, Pa., may drop inpatient services and close the emergency department but continue outpatient operations, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
While West Penn Allegheny Health System, the hospital's parent system, posted a $7 million net profit for the first half of fiscal year 2010, it had net losses of more than $80 million in the past two fiscal years.
Only 30 of 59 licensed beds at the suburban campus are filled on an average day and outpatient services such as laboratory and ED make up 90 percent of usage and outpatient surgeries make up another 6 percent.
Read the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's report on Allegheny General Hospital.