The future of Sharon Regional Medical Center is still in jeopardy after Buhl Legacy Trust said it is not backing down in litigation over the hospital.

This comes after the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved Tenor Health as the successful bidder to purchase Sharon Regional Medical Center just days after the hospital closed.

MPT released a statement Tuesday, saying the group is part of the arrangement to reopen the hospital. 

"While all other affected stakeholders including the Commonwealth were committed to the success of this arrangement, the Buhl Trust has not yet decided whether it will satisfy a key closing condition contained in the Bankruptcy Court’s order. To be clear, the Buhl Trust is not being asked for any financial support, only to confirm it will not pursue claims against those who are supporting re-opening the hospital, something the Commonwealth agreed to."

An attorney representing Buhl Legacy Trust said this is not the case, and their claims do not affect the agreement between MPT and Tenor Health for the hospital.

"We're not a party to an agreement. So, we're not a party to the agreement, we were never involved in any negotiations that had anything to do with this agreement that doesn't include us," said Charlie Kelly, Saul Ewing LLP partner.

A meeting was held on Wednesday where Buhl Trust made the decision not to enter that agreement, meaning the fate of the hospital remains uncertain.

Buhl Legacy Trust released a statement late Wednesday afternoon saying the will not surrender to MPT, saying they were not included in the negotiations for Tenor to purchase the hospital, nor did they include them as part of the opposite deal.

The statement goes on to slam MPT saying their threat to scuttle the deal if Buhl Trust didn't enter the agreement suggests they do not care about the hospital or its patients.

The statement reads in part. 

"MPT’s threat suggests that it truly is not serious about reviving the hospital, but rather is actually engaged in a scheme to force Legacy Trust to abandon the community’s claim for all the damage done to Sharon Regional Medical Center and this community."

"It is ironic that MPT, after reducing the hospital to a patient on life support and interfering with the efforts of the community and Meadville Medical Center to save the hospital, now professes to be among those trying to save the hospital."

"Worse yet, as part of its misinformation campaign, MPT is attempting to portray Legacy Trust as an obstacle in the effort to save the hospital."

The statement goes on to say because of MPT, the hospital is now "a patient in serious hear failure and near death."

"MPT’s threat to kill any resuscitative effort unless this community surrenders its claim for the terrible damage done over the last decade is unconscionable, but exactly what we have come to expect from MPT," the statement reads.

The full statement can be read below.