Overview

• Ohio’s health department reported several significant problems at Insight Hospital & Medical Center Trumbull and will reinspect once corrections are made.
• Union officials said orientation and training for returning staff were canceled indefinitely, and workers plan a vote this week on authorizing picketing.
• Insight has outlined a phased restoration of care beginning with a 24/7 emergency department along with inpatient and outpatient services, pending approvals.
• Management has contacted furloughed employees and SEIU Local 1199 distributed a return-to-work survey, though no reopening date has been announced.
• Local leaders voiced cautious optimism, while the hospital’s six-month shutdown followed Steward Health’s bankruptcy and ownership transfer to Insight.