Seventy-four percent of Contra Costa County voters in California approved a parcel tax to keep Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, Calif., open, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
DMC filed for bankruptcy in 2006 despite an approved parcel tax from voters, and this new measure, which will cost county taxpayers $47 per year, will bring in roughly $5 million to fend off the hospital's creditors for the time being, according to the report.
DMC, which is the only hospital in the region with a full-service emergency room, plans to control its finances long-term by sharing more services with other hospitals, making cuts to its administration and restructuring its debt.
DMC filed for bankruptcy in 2006 despite an approved parcel tax from voters, and this new measure, which will cost county taxpayers $47 per year, will bring in roughly $5 million to fend off the hospital's creditors for the time being, according to the report.
DMC, which is the only hospital in the region with a full-service emergency room, plans to control its finances long-term by sharing more services with other hospitals, making cuts to its administration and restructuring its debt.
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