UPMC Braddock

UPMC Braddock Hospital, formerly located at 400 Holland Avenue, Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States, was a full-service hospital that had served over 25 Monongahela Valley communities as a primary care facility for the Steel Valley and areas part of the Woodland Hills School District.

Claiming that the facility was losing millions of dollars annually and was underutilized, in October 2009 UPMC's administration made a controversial decision to close the hospital on January 31, 2010.

[3] Allegations were also made that UPMC was violating civil rights laws by closing its hospital in the predominantly black community of Braddock.

In January 2010, it was announced that the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would conduct an investigation.

[8] Various proposals have been floated for the use of the hospital's building,[9] including demolition and redevelopment that would be partially financed by UPMC.

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