Texas Hospital’s Missteps Spur Fast Collapse Amid Sector Woe (1)

Trinity Regional Hospital Sachse borrowed $68 million just three years ago to build a new, state-of-the-art facility in a fast-growing area northeast of Dallas.

Since opening its doors in November 2021, the hospital has encountered a litany of problems. On Tuesday, it filed for bankruptcy and is searching for a buyer.

Trinity Regional’s plight, exacerbated by its own missteps, follows similar trouble for health-care facilities across the US, including a Chapter 9 petition for a hospital district in California and the announced closure of a hospital in Eugene, Oregon, home of the state’s flagship research university.

The health-care sector ...