KPIX KPIX 5 News At Noon April 28, 2014
Now hundreds of patients in Sonoma County will have to find a new hospital. Palmdrive hospital is set to close. Any minute they will lock the doors. Any minute. And with it 130 jobs. Administrators here say they have seen a drop in patients over the years, as well as the finances, which at the start of the year, they say took a turn for the worse. Palmdrive District Hospital barely has a pulse. According to a hospital spokesperson, a reduction in medicaremedical reimbursement, fewer patients and more competition from big name hospitals like kaiser have nearly spent this small rural hospital to...