Boonville hospital closure reveals financial woes

The closure of Pinnacle Regional Hospital in Boonville this week revealed financial woes were worse than people previously knew about.

The hospital over the past year has been sued by vendors, the Missouri Division of Employment Security and employees for nonpayment.

“There’s considerably more to this story than what’s currently in the public domain,” said an attorney for the employees, Kansas City lawyer Blake Green. “And as the truth always does, it will come out eventually."

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