Pennsylvania cancer hospital to lay off 365 workers

Cancer Treatment Centers of America is selling its hospital in Philadelphia and will lay off the facility's 365 employees, according to a closurenoticefiled with the state.

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of Americasignedan agreement in March to sell the hospital to Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital. The deal requires approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

In the notice filed with the state, Cancer Treatment Centers of America said some displaced Philadelphia workers may be offered jobs at affiliated entities outside of Pennsylvania, according to thePhiladelphia Business Journal. The company's other hospitals are in Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix and Tulsa, Okla. In March, the companyannouncedit will close its hospital in Tulsa June 1.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America said it anticipates the layoffs in Philadelphia will begin after May 30, according to thePhiladelphia Business Journal.

Temple Health CEO Michael Young told thePhiladelphia Business Journalthat the system wants to hire as many CTCA workers as possible if the deal is finalized.

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