The Medical Center At Elizabeth Place In Dayton Closes!

Dayton loses another hospital. The Elizabeth Place Medical Hospital closes.

The Great American Comeback.

The Dayton hospital is closing. The hospital located on the campus of the St. Elizabeth's Hospital will cease operations by the end of the month. It will leave 60 people without jobs. The facility located on the Edwin C. Moses Boulevard corridor was operational for nearly 15 years.

Executives said that financial issues led to the closure of the 12-bed Medical Center at Elizabeth Place. It offered a variety of medical services from cardiology to neurology to radiology.

The hospital was not profitable said its top executives.

The former St. Elizabeth's Hospital closed early 2000 was brought back to life with the rise of Elizabeth Place. The medical center has significant presence in the building. It's not completely empty.

There are a handful of businesses and offices inside the old hospital. They will remain in the facility for the time being.

Wright State University once had its psychiatric program in the facility. The facility moved to the main campus in Fairborn, Ohio.

The closing of this facility comes fresh after Premiere Health Partners deciding to close up the Good Samaritan Hospital on the northwest side of Dayton. The closure of that hospital was controversial.

Many residents believe that decision greatly affected an already depressed area. The whole area around that hospital has seen a round of closings.

Fast food restaurants and name-brand businesses within a seven mile radius have left Dayton, Trotwood, Harrison Township and Clayton. The impact was also felt when Kroger closed its Northridge location. The tornado that impacted Dayton destroyed Grocerylane a longtime staple of Old North Dayton. The Foodtown, Burlington Stores and the Hara Arena left Trotwood.

Dayton is not doing so well. I mean it lost a lot of businesses. The tornado destroyed portions of the city. It's nearly a year and the government is still slow on the ball to get Dayton back to normal.

The loss of a hospital in a community hurts. It really hurts the residents who need emergency services.

This coronavirus is a global epidemic. Donald J. Trump and his allies have wasted so much time trying to cut regulations, they may have inadvertently allowed this disease enter our country.

Dayton hasn't had a confirmed case of the virus yet. But it will eventually make it here and folks will have no opportunity to find a hospital with good beds unless they're living in the suburbs outside of Dayton.