Bankrupt healthcare giant axes hospitals and lays off all their staff in devastating blow for locals

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Patients will be moved to rival facilities after a last-minute deal to save the hospitals failed.
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Two hospitals in Pennsylvania are closing, in a devastating outcome for the local community.

Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital will shut after parent company Prospect Medical Holdings filed for bankruptcy in January. 

The healthcare giant has been trying to hammer out a deal with a potential buyer for months to avoid full closure of the facilities, but with no luck.

After months of uncertainty, employees received emails on Monday letting them know that the hospitals wo...
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