Hospital Will Shut Down ; Urgent Care Center Will Open in Same Area of Town, Ceo Says

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Penrose Community Hospital, a fixture at 3205 N. Academy Blvd. for 30 years, will go up for sale and close in August, Rick O'Connell, chief executive officer of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, said Tuesday.

But the health care system managed by Centura Health plans to open an urgent care center in the same area of town to accommodate emergencies, he said. Centura is a joint venture of Catholic Health Initiatives and Porter Care Adventist Health System.

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Hospital Will Shut Down ; Urgent Care Center Will Open in Same Area of Town, Ceo Says

Penrose Community's 620 employees can transfer job sites, working either at a hospital scheduled to open Aug. 8 at the southeast corner of Powers Boulevard and Woodmen Road or at the main Penrose hospital campus near downtown Colorado Springs, O'Connell said.

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