Allina Health shutters hospital infusion center

Minneapolis-based Allina Health shut down its infusion unit at St. Paul’s United Hospital on Sept. 5, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and FOX 9 KMSP reported. 

The closure comes after the system told Becker’s it was shuttering four Allina clinics in November to have more efficient use of space and resources. The news outlets also reported how United Hospital’s pain center closed in July.

“Allina Health has made the decision to consolidate our infusion services on our United Hospital campus,” a spokesperson for Allina Health said in a statement to Becker’s. “Allina Health will help patients transition their care to two remaining infusion centers at our United Hospital campus — Allina Health Cancer Institute or Allina Health United Medical Specialties Clinic Infusion Center — or another Allina Health infusion center in the metro area.”

The system did not respond to questions about how many patients will have to transfer their care and how many employees were impacted.

“We will work with impacted care team members to find other positions within the Allina Health system,” the system said.

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