Notices sent to Allegheny General Hospital - Suburban Campus employees and the state labor department have raised concerns about a massive lay-off at the Bellevue hospital, but West Penn Allegheny Health System is saying the concern is premature, and not warranted.

WPAHS plans to change the way the local hospital is used, eliminating inpatient care, outpatient surgeries and the emergency room later this summer. Long term acute care services will be broadened, and an urgent care center will replace the E.R.