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Hospital goes bankrupt, courts awards execs pay, leaves workers stiffed

Mon, 01/12/2009 - 10:47pm — DCblogger

Aliquippa hospital workers who were stiffed for paychecks rally
ALIQUIPPA — Commonwealth Medical Center employees who said they were stiffed for their final paychecks after the Aliquippa hospital filed for bankruptcy last month rallied Friday to publicly protest a court ruling that permits pay for hospital executives. ...

...John O’Donnell, the hospital’s chief executive officer, said Friday that the bankruptcy court will take up the issue of employee pay at a hearing on Jan. 27. “It’s kind of in the court’s hands right now,” he said.

He runs the hospital into the ground and then blames the court. Sweet.

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