Berks County-based Tower Health is laying off more than 100 nurses and health care workers and cutting services at Pottstown Hospital in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. On Monday morning, staffers, patients and community leaders rallied outside the hospital, voicing their concerns about the layoffs, some saying they felt blindsided by Tower's decision. Johnny Corson has spent four years in a fight to live. "I'm pissed off," Corson said. Corson receives monthly infusions for multiple myeloma at Pottstown Hospital.
Main Idea: Tower Health is cutting more than 100 jobs and closing key services at Pottstown Hospital, sparking backlash from workers, patients, and community members.
Key Points:
Tower Health's layoffs and service cuts could force Pottstown patients to travel farther for cancer, ICU, and endoscopy care, and could cost more workers their jobs.
Keeping Pottstown Hospital open may preserve some local care and limit a full hospital closure for the community.
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