EXCLUSIVE: Fallbrook Hospital, healthcare district seek solution to sustain services; CHS subsidiary gives 130-day notice

Change is coming to hospital-based healthcare in Fallbrook, and that will happen sooner rather than later, according to an announcement made June 12 to the Village News by Fallbrook Hospital Corporation (a subsidiary of Community Health Systems) and Fallbrook Healthcare District.

"The operation of Fallbrook Hospital, as it is currently, is not viable, not sustainable for the long term," said hospital CEO Kapua Conley. "We need to be more amenable to the times and the hospital is working collectively with the healthcare district to see what can be changed here for the long term."

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