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Petersburg Medical Center reports high inpatient census, aging infrastructure and Medicaid uncertainty to assembly
Summary
PMC CEO Phil Hofstetter told the assembly the facility is experiencing unusually high inpatient and long-term-care census, completed an emergency valve replacement, documented substantial pipe scaling, and is monitoring potential Medicaid redetermination changes at the state level.
Phil Hofstetter, chief executive officer of Petersburg Medical Center (PMC), updated the Petersburg Borough Assembly on June 2 that PMC is experiencing some of the highest inpatient and rehabilitation census levels the hospital has seen in recent years and that its long-term-care facility is at or near full capacity.
Hofstetter said PMC completed an emergency water-valve replacement that required a planned shutdown from about 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.; facilities staff froze pipe sections at each end to avoid collateral damage when water service was restored. He said staff obtained internal images of pipe interiors showing heavy scaling and that the hospital will share those images…
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