I think things are in a pretty pickle when hospitals and medical care systems have to start laying off folks.
Can we say sorta, kinda, like a Depression? or perhaps a Double-Dip Recession?
Christus lays off 9 at NB hospital
By Dalondo Moultrie - The Herald-ZeitungNEW BRAUNFELS — Christus Santa Rosa Health System laid off a portion of its workforce across all of its five hospitals, including the New Braunfels facility, a hospital official said Wednesday.
The workforce reduction spans across all of Christus’ Santa Rosa Region, said Jim Wesson, vice president and administrator of the New Braunfels hospital. He said the executive team made the “difficult, painful decision.”
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