The hospital has ordered its staff to undergo more training, but will face no other sanctions.

By contrast, hospitals that try to go it alone will face hard times, the experts say.

The hospital, however, faced major reconstruction issues and was eventually torn down.

Not all Catholic hospitals across the country, about 600 of them, face the same restrictions.

In the first few years the hospital faced many difficulties, not the least of them financial.

The hospital, the largest in the county, still faces many problems.

The hospital has been facing financial difficulties for many years now.

"However it does highlight problems which some hospitals in the city are facing."

Without the cutbacks, the 1,000-bed hospital was facing a deficit of $30 million.

Under the law, hospitals found in violation could face economic sanctions.