Community Health Systems To Acquire Natchez Hospital

(RTTNews) - Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) said Friday that its subsidiaries have executed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of 179-bed Natchez Regional Medical Center in Natchez, Mississippi.

Natchez Regional Medical Center voluntarily filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in March.

The deal is subject to approval of the bankruptcy court and an auction of Natchez Regional Medical Center.

Through its affiliates, Community Health Systems currently operates 12 affiliated hospitals in Mississippi, including Natchez Community Hospital.