Today’s news of KershawHealth’s decision to lay off 26 employees is unwelcome, but understandable news. Despite Capella and MUSC Health’s recent lease/purchase of the hospital and their agreement to invest some $55 million into the healthcare operation during the next 10 years, some tightening of the belt was likely inevitable. The impact on the affected individual employees, coming just after the beginning of the New Year, is not to be dismissed.