Methodist cutting more than 150 jobs
Methodist University Hospital on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is laying off 161 employee. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is laying off 161 employees, or about about 1% of its 12,000-person workforce as part of a “systemwide realignment.”
In a prepared statement, Methodist said it believes more than 80 of the employees will be offered positions at other facilities within its system.
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