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"Some Louisvillians are coping with layoffs this week at local hospitals.Two years after a merger, KentuckyOne health is cutting staff at Jewish and University of Louisville hospitals.Mobile users: Tap here for videoEmployees have been waiting and wondering since early February who would be let go.A former employee spoke with WLKY Thursday on condition of anonymity. She doesn't want to hurt her future job prospects.Anticipation has been building for employees at Jewish and UofL hospitals since they received a letter informing them of impending layoffs.\"Everybody was on pins and needles,\" the woman said.On Tuesday morning, the woman was called into her manager's office and given the bad news\"My job was dissolved. That's the words that they used,\" the woman said.She knew the layoffs were coming. Hospital officials said they needed to cut expenses by $218 million by mid-2015.She thought other employees with higher pay with be the ones to go.\"Me personally, I was shocked. I did not think I was going to be one of those ones, I really didn't,\" the woman said.Before she left the hospital, she was introduced to a hiring specialist from a private company.They offered to help her with her resume and new job search, then her things were gathered up and a manager escorted her out of the building, but she's not bitter.\"Jewish is a good hospital, they are. I guess they're just going through whatever it is they're going through. I don't know exactly what it is,\" the woman said.Kentucky One Health offered her one month's pay complete with her health insurance and other benefits. She is filing for unemployment and looking for a new job.\"Just keep your head up and keep going because Jewish is just one company. I mean, there's plenty others out there, and there are jobs out there. You're just going to have to look, and that's what I plan on doing, just trying to keep a positive attitude and keep moving with life,\" the woman said.KentuckyOne Health is not releasing the exact number of people laid off this week.All of the layoffs are expected to be complete Friday.KentuckyOne Health also announced it's closing the emergency room at Jewish Hospital Northeast on April 1 due to low demand.The medical center off Old Henry Road at the Gene Snyder Freeway will remain open. The $7 million medical center opened in 2009.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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