Peninsula Regional Medical Center is closing its Transitional Care Unit in Salisbury, Md., a decision that will result in the loss of more than 40 jobs. The facility stopped accepting patients on Friday.
The unit was opened in 1997 as a place for patients who could not find a place to go after being in acute care.
In a Facebook post, the hospital system, cited a changing health care, advances in care allow many patients to go home or use other facilities, such as the HealthSouth Chesapeake Rehab Hospital and expansion of Genesis Salisbury Nursing and Rehab Center. Genesis is a joint venture partner in operating the center. Health South has proposed a rehabilitation hospital in Middletown, Del.
“During its tenure the TCU and its team have provided exceptional service, but the unit has achieved its goal and a duplication of these types of services is no longer necessary. This is a trend occurring across the nation as the need for in-hospital, sub-acute care is diminishing,” said Christopher Hall, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for PRMC.
The health care system will work to find other positions for the affected employees.
