St. Mary Hospital District 2 is scheduled for its regular monthly meeting again Wednesday after a pair of meetings at which physicians, officials and community leaders at large said they’re worried about transparency, leadership and the future of Teche Regional Medical Center.
Since 2005, Teche Regional, the 167-bed hospital in Morgan City, has been operated by PHC-Morgan City LP, an affiliate of LifePoint Health, under a 40-year lease with the district. But LifePoint, a Tennessee company recently acquired by the Apollo Global Management equity group, has sold its stake in three Louisiana hospitals and announced plans to pull out of ...