Shame on UPMC for closing UPMC Braddock hospital. This is a great loss to the entire Mon Valley. My family, many of my friends and I have depended on the Braddock hospital over the years. To lose such a facility in our community is devastating, especially for the elderly who have come to depend on this hospital for its proximity to their homes.
Since our county and local representatives are willing to work with UPMC to save the hospital, UPMC officials should be more open and willing in trying to find a solution to keeping the hospital open. If the Braddock hospital has been losing money over the years as UPMC indicates, then why didn't UPMC identify and rectify the hospital's problems years ago?
The downfall of the Braddock hospital didn't just happen. It's never too late to save this great community institution. I and many others are disappointed in UPMC for its decision to close UPMC Braddock, and when it closes, we intend to utilize the West Penn/Allegheny General Health System.
So farewell to the Braddock hospital and good riddance to UPMC!
SHARON MORGANO
North Versailles
Posted
Nov 08 2009, 05:00 AM
by
Susan Mannella