A former Audrain Community Hospital employee who broke into the hospital and caused damage last year is pleading guilty. Geoffrey Allen pleaded guilty to second-degree property damage in court this week. According to court records the judge suspended his 30-day jail sentence and instead gave Allen two years of unsupervised probation. Allen was accused of…
Game of Hot Potato with Health Property continues The Mexico Hospital continues to be either a highly sought after property, or one that no one wants for very long, depending on your viewpoint. The hospitals popularity seems rather odd after the hospital was denied an extension on it’s operating license by the Missouri Department of…
Russell Runge, Director of Economic Development for the City of Mexico says that the local economic impact of the Audrain Community Hospital closure is yet to be fully measurable. However, he cites the loss of over 500 jobs that has a large impact on expendable income for our local area. The Missouri Department of Health…
Amy O’Brien, the Chief Executive Officer for Audrain Community Hospital confirms with us this morning that The Department of Health and Senior Services have granted a variance of an additional 90 days to allow time for repairing the windows at the emergency room entrance. The suspension of the hospital license under Platinum Health Systems Audrain…
Mexico Public Safety identified and have warrants pending for two white men who allegedly broke into the Audrain Community Hospital around 1:51 Wednesday morning. A small amount of property was taken. There’s no indication that legal or personal information was accessed according to the press release on Facebook.
Chief Susan Rockett of Mexico Public Safety reports that there is an ongoing investigation into an intruder alert from the Audrain County Hospital campus in the early hours of this morning. This was followed by two false fire alarms about three and six hours later. Arrests are possible and we will keep you updated as…
Platinum Health Systems, the company that bought Noble Health earlier this year, has no plans to re-open the Audrain and Callaway Community Hospitals and have terminated all employees. This morning, we received anonymous confirmation from former employees that they were notified via email. The staff has not received back pay or reimbursement of insurance premium…
Last spring, after the closure and lay off of 181 hospital staff, Platinum Team Management of Texas took over Noble Health in Mexico and the Callaway Community Hospital in Fulton. Callaway is scheduled to re-open in Fulton by September 21st with full emergency room and inpatient services, but Platinum is finding it difficult and is…
Noble Health, the most recent owners of the Audrain Community Hospital and Callaway Community Hospital, is now the focus of at least two federal investigations. In Callaway, state inspectors deemed conditions to be so poor as to endanger patients, skimping on surgical supplies and drugs. Noble also stopped paying for their workers’ health and life…
A free COVID-19 community testing event will be taking place this Wednesday, September 15th at the Noble Health Audrain Community Hospital parking lot in Mexico. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Audrain County Health Department is encouraging anyone to attend the testing, whether you are experiencing symptoms or not. People who…
The first ever Noble Health Audrain Community Hospital Foundation 2021 Golf Classic will take place in September. CEO Amy O’Brien and volunteer services manager Darla Taylor were featured local guests on AM 1340 KXEO and the Am I Awake Morning Show to talk about the event. For information on how to get signed up for…
