Blade: Toledo at risk of losing UTMC if ProMedica takes over, says Mercy Health

Bob Baxter, president of Mercy Health North, said in his letter — dated June 1 and obtained by The Blade Friday — that “the greater Toledo community is at risk of losing a hospital that provides vital health care service to the poor and underserved in our community” if ProMedica is allowed to take charge of UTMC.

The letter cited a 2015 academic affiliation agreement between the university and ProMedica which allowed the health provider to give the university’s college of medicine and life sciences an influx of money for building projects.

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