Florida physician group buying, reopening closed hospital 

A physician group plans to purchase Healthmark Regional Medical Center, a hospital in Defuniak Springs, Fla., that closed in March 2022, mypanhandle.com reported June 28. 

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Bonifay, Fla.-based Doctors Memorial Hospital plans to reopen the 50-bed hospital on Jan. 1 offering emergency services, orthopedics, dental surgery and other specialty care.  

Doctors Memorial, which includes more than 100 medical, nursing, support and allied health professionals, and hopes to hire Healthmark Regional employees who were laid off without notice when the hospital closed. 

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