HORTON — An official at a northeast Kansas says the hospital is operating without enough supplies or money to buy medications and food for patients.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Horton Community Hospital’s bills haven’t been paid on time in recent months. Krissy Torkelson, chief nursing officer at the northeast Kansas hospital, says she’s had to negotiate with city officials to keep the hospital’s lights on.
Torkelson says employees weren’t paid on Friday but were assured they would be paid Monday.
The hospital in the town of about 1,700 people is operated by EmpowerHMS, a subsidiary of The Empower Group. That Florida-based corporation has struggled to pay its bills across the country and was recently removed as operator of the hospital in Hillsboro because of funding problems.
Messages left with Empower were not immediately returned.
