Paul Betz, the chief operating officer of the DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa, will resign from that position later this summer, the Thread has learned.
A member of the board of directors of the DCH Health System said it is operating in secrecy and shutting him out for refusing to do the same Monday afternoon.
Tuscaloosa's DCH Regional Medical Center recently received its sixth straight close-to-failing Leapfrog hospital safety grade.
Hospitals across the nation are graded for their safety practices and patient results by Leapfrog using a combination of hard data and survey responses...
Rumors of a shooting at Tuscaloosa's DCH Regional Medical Center that spread on social media Monday night are false, investigators confirmed Tuesday morning.
Serious, fundamental change must come to the DCH Health System for its three hospitals to survive, area leaders agreed in a spirited discussion Thursday.
There are 91 COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the DCH Health System, the highest number in more than 100 days, according to public information released by the hospital Monday afternoon.
West Alabama is seeing more hospitalizations as a result of new COVID-19 infections. The numbers are increasing in both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.