It’s been a week since St. Luke’s Hospital in Des Peres closed its doors for good and laid off more than 300 people.

Approximately half of the employees who lost their jobs at the hospital were able to find work at other St. Luke’s locations, a spokeswoman said in an email. The nonprofit Episcopal health system operates a 493-bed hospital in Chesterfield and several outpatient clinics throughout the region.

According to the Missouri Department of Workforce Development, 336 people lost their jobs when the location in the affluent west St. Louis County suburb closed. Around two-thirds of those workers were full-time employees.

“We recognize the significant legacy of Des Peres Hospital and the commitment of its extraordinary caregivers who have served generations of families with c

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