Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center

and The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic

Announce Definitive AGreement

Pottsville (April 2, 2008) -- The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center have reached a definitive agreement for both hospitals to affiliate under a common local parent organization. 

“The definitive agreement is the next step in creating an integrated health care delivery system under a common local entity to better serve the medical needs of the community and to more easily adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare delivery system,” said Sister Clarisse Correia, D.C., Chair of the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees. 

“The definitive agreement allows both parties to move forward and begin to obtain all the necessary approvals from regulatory agencies in the coming months,” said the Honorable Joseph F. McCloskey, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic. 

No details of the definitive agreement will be made available.  Pending all regulatory approvals, a completed affiliation could be announced later this year. 

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, a 159-bed acute care health care facility, is sponsored by the Daughters of Charity and is affiliated with Ascension Health, the largest non-profit Catholic health system in the country.  The Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission.  Visit www.gsrmc.com for more information about Good Samaritan.

The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic is a 200-bed acute care health care facility serving the residents of Schuylkill County since 1895.  The Hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission.  Visit www.pottsvillehospital.com for more information about The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic.