By RICK GREEN
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LRGHealthcare, including its two hospitals and network of providers, is facing an existential crisis due to its considerable debt load. The organization is making plans to start the slow process of reopening. (Adam Drapcho/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
LRGHealthcare will attempt to return to normal operations, but the process will take more than a month and is complicated by questions of financing, staffing and patient demand, CEO and President Kevin Donovan said Monday.
Meanwhile, the future of the health system rests with a long-sought merger that could help ease crippling debt and set it on a more secure path.
Early this month, Gov. Chris Sununu said hospitals could resume non-urgent procedures that were postponed to create adequate capacity for a potential spike in COVID-19 cases.
LRGHealthcare will attempt to return to normal operations, but the process will take more than a month and is complicated by questions of financing, staffing and patient demand, CEO and President Kevin Donovan said Monday.
Meanwhile, the future of the health system rests with a long-sought merger that could help ease crippling debt and set it on a more secure path.
Early this month, Gov. Chris Sununu said hospitals could resume non-urgent procedures that were postponed to create adequate capacity for a potential spike in COVID-19 cases.
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