Greenwood Leflore Hospital has pushed back its potential closure date from June 15 to July 31.
Hospital officials met with staff today and issued a new updated Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act letter notifying them of the improved financial situation.
Key Britt, hospital vice president of administration, authored letter that was given to employees. The Commonwealth obtained a copy of the letter.
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“GLH previously provided you with WARN Act notice on April 13, 2026, which told you that we anticipated ceasing operations and terminating your employment effective June 15, 2026. The previous notice was based on the best information available to GLH at the time the notice was given,” Britt wrote in the letter.
“We have continued to monitor hospital operations and financial performance, including projected cash reserves. As a result, GLH is providing this notice as an addendum to the April 13, 2026, notice. Considering the best information available at this time, GLH now expects that it will cease operations and close all facilities on July 31, 2026. Such closure is expected to be permanent and will affect all employees. The closure will result in the termination of your employment effective July 31, 2026.
“Employees of Greenwood Leflore Hospital are not part of a labor union, and Greenwood Leflore Hospital does not have a job bumping system. Therefore, you do not have any bumping rights.
“This notice is required to be sent to you under the provisions of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.”
Employees with additional questions were asked to contact Britt, chief financial officer and acting administrator Dawne Holmes or chief nursing officer Jacquelyn Brownlow.
The new notice comes after the financial reports from April showed an improving bottom line after cuts were made, including the layoff of 46 full-time and 40 part-time workers at the hospital and the closure of four services. The hospital’s operating deficit, not counting depreciation, decreased to $345,600, which was over $300,000 less than March’s profit loss of $688,244.
In its bankruptcy petition filed on April 15, Marchand said that the hospital was negotiating with University of Mississippi Medical Center on a possible takeover. When asked by the Commonwealth last week, he did not wish to comment on the negotiations.
“Discussions are continuing for a large healthcare system to operate GLH’s services,” Marchand said in an email. However, he did answer “yes” when asked whether the Greenwood City Council, Leflore County Board of Supervisors and other community leaders are being kept abreast of the situation and that they are all in agreement about the direction of the negotiations.
The Commonwealth will have more on this developing story.
