In November, Wing Memorial eliminated 16 positions and cut hours for 38 other employees, as lower inpatient volumes negatively affected the 74-bed hospital’s fiscal projections for this year.

That expansion is projected to open in the third quarter of 2024. Sarasota Memorial Hospital held a topping out ceremony Wednesday for the new five-story tower under construction on its Venice campus.

Determination of Need approvals included those for an ownership transfer of Wing Memorial Hospital from UMass Memorial Health Care to Baystate Health, construction of a 54,900-square-foot addition ...