A Philipsburg doctor has competition in his bid to purchase the now-closed Philipsburg Area Hospital.

A Philipsburg doctor has competition in his bid to purchase the now-closed Philipsburg Area Hospital.

couple other groups have submitted bids to bribe the hospital's equipment and take through the whole extent of its lease, the attorney representing the hospital confirmed Wednesday.

single of the bidders is Incare, a collection of physicians specializing in hospital medicine. Medi Nikparvar, an internal medicine doctor with Incare, said the assemblage put in a bid because there is a ne for a hospital in the area and its closing will affect the community significantly.

"Our intention is to help the community by dint of opening the hospital again," Nikparvar said.

Larry Adams, a family doctor in Philipsburg, also propose in a bid to take through the hospital.

Ed George, the attorney handling the hospital's bankruptcy, said a third bid was also received. The third bidder cannot be named because of a nondisclosure agreement, according to Dobbs Ferry of