After months of failed negotiations and stinging accusations, the ongoing legal dispute between University Medical Center and the El Paso Children's Hospital could finally be coming to an end.
University Medical Center and El Paso Children's Hospital were in court yesterday, and the judge shot down both of their requests about how to pull Children's out of bankruptcy.
Hog-like behavior.
That is what one El Paso County Commissioner called the more than quarter million dollars a month that one firm and the new CEO of Children's Hospital are being paid to help it get through bankruptcy.
The El Paso Children's Hospital and UMC Foundation were doing a lot of damage control yesterday after it was revealed that a porn star would be the headliner at a fundraiser for Children's Hospital. Yesterday, the porn star fired back at the harrumphers.
Nothing says a fundraiser for a children's hospital like a porn star as entertainment. In addition to worrying about an 80 million dollar debt to UMC, El Paso Children’s Hospital is now having to do damage control after it was discovered that a mattress actress was going to be the entertainment at an upcoming fundraiser.
Earlier this week, a Las Cruces boy was hurt badly when lightning struck the field where he and his football team were practicing. His family has released a statement about his condition.
13 year old Hunter Keffer plays football for Picacho Middle School...
The bad news is, earlier this week, University Medical Center told El Paso County Commissioners Court they needed an 8 percent property tax increase to cover a $30 million budget shortfall because El Paso Children’s Hospital can’t pay them $70 million dollars they owe UMC.
The good news is, UMC is now backpedalling and saying they won’t ask for that increase – this year. But what about next year