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Big week ahead for Southern Regional

By Tammy Joyner
Oct 2, 2015

This is a big week coming up for Southern Regional Medical Center, the financially-beleaguered hospital in Riverdale.

It has two suitors eager to hook up with the hospital, which filed for reorganization under the bankruptcy laws in July. A couple of bankruptcy proceedings this week could translate to Southern Regional having a new owner and a new direction for the 331-bed facility. For more on Southern Regional's path to recovery read here.

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Tammy Joyner covers local government in Clayton, Fayette and Henry counties.

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