Wellstar Health System plans to end operations at the downtown Atlanta Medical Center on Nov. 1, Becker’s reports. In May the health system closed the emergency department and hospital beds at Atlanta Medical Center’s South campus, repurposing the facility into an urgent care clinic.
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar has operated the 460-bed hospital in downtown Atlanta since 2016 and invested more than $350 million in capital improvements and to support sustained operating losses, including $107 million lost in the last 12 months.
Physicians and team members will continue to care for patients as services gradually wind down. All operations are scheduled to end Nov. 1.
Wellstar CEO Candice Saunders said the health system conducted an exhaustive search for a solution that would support the community’s healthcare needs. Read more.
