The Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project received a $1.75 million donation from berry seller Driscoll’s to help save Watsonville Community Hospital, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reports.
Driscoll’s is also based in Watsonville.
The hospital filed for bankruptcy in December 2021. A bankruptcy judge approved the district’s purchase of the hospital in February after no other qualified bids were submitted. It offered to buy the hospital in 2021 when officials said it would close if there were no buyers.
The district needs $63 million by Aug. 31 to buy the hospital, according to the article, and still has $15.5 million left to raise. Read more.
