Nine months after becoming part of for-profit HCA Healthcare, Manchester’s Catholic Medical Center is in the middle of a transition.

Amid an infusion of corporate cash that saved the hospital from closing comes an exodus of staff that some former longtime employees said makes the 133-year-old institution almost unrecognizable.

Going from an existential crisis as a hospital that was losing $2 million to $3 million a month, according to state documents, to budget-balancing reorganization is a challenge worth accepting, CEO John Skevington said.

Still, Skevington’s bullish outlook on CMC’s future is proving to be a tough sell for departing doctors, nurses and staff who have relied on the West Side hospital as a source of income as well as professional and personal pride for decades.

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