Maryville, TN (WOKI /WVLT) – Blount Memorial Hospital is laying off 85 people, according to a WARN Notice filed with the state, the layoffs will be effective May 1st.
Blount Memorial Hospital is the only hospital in the county. Prisma Health, which runs the hospital, says the facility has over 2,700 staff members and 304 beds. Right now, it is unclear how services will be impacted.
So far this year, over 2,600 Tennesseans have lost their job due to facility closures or layoffs, according to the state’s WARN Notice database.
That’s about double the 1,308 job losses the state saw this time last year.
