Lawyer Scott Cousins, who represents the County Foundation of Delaware, said that the non -profit organization had been “operated on the financing contribution of $ 20 million and said that the organization had been excluded from updates during the sales negotiations.
“We were only for the short -term plan,” said Cousins. “We have finished.”
Cousins initially asked that his client be included in future sales negotiations, which offered additional funding from the Foundation. He cited of other financial pressures faced with the non -profit organization And funds that have already been attached to other projects.
Jernigan said it was “disconcerted” to the long -term priorities of the Foundation.
“I want someone to be a hero here,” said Jernigan.
She ordered a video conference early Wednesday morning between the games to reach a resolution.
“Sometimes hospitals close bankruptcy, and it’s horrible when it happens,” said Jernigan. “And I don’t want it to happen.”
In a press release provided to Whyy News, the president of the foundation, Frances Sheehan, said that the contribution of $ 20 million was to cover the short -term needs of the hospital while a long -term plan had been drawn up.
“While the Foundation hoped that its significant contribution to this incredibly urgent situation would have borne fruit, the foundation, like all the stakeholders involved, the state, the county, the employees, the doctors, the nurses, the patients, the staff and the residents of the county of Delaware, await and hoped for a long -term plan to surface which will not be provided No one, ”said Sheehan.
The state indicated that it worked on phones to locate funding to keep the hospitals afloat while continuing to continue a sale with the mentioned consortium. But Melissa Van Eck, from Pennsylvania’s prosecutor’s office, said progress on this front has been complicated by the “mismanagement” prospect years preceding its bankruptcy and the continuous need for system support.
“Previously, there was a certain fear that it is another attempted prospect that cries Wolf, threatening to close and that they will not do it,” said Van Eck, but added that all parties now recognize the urgency to reach a final resolution because the fate of hospitals is at stake.
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