According to MetroNews, Fairmont Regional Medical Center has notified its more than 600 physicians, nurses and staff it will be shutting down after attempts to find a new buyer for the hospital failed.

 

A memo explaining the closure process was distributed to hospital employees Tuesday morning during a meeting to break the news to staff. The memo stated the decision to close the hospital comes after more than a year of searching for a buyer. Several parties reportedly expressed interest in the struggling hospital, but none of the discussions came to fruition.

 

Employees were advised they will soon receive a W.A.R.N. notice of the permanent closure of the facility and that they may not necessarily have jobs up to the final day of operation. W.A.R.N. covers a 60-day period.

 

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Editor's Note: Photo from the Fairmont Regional Medical Center Web site.