The owner of St. Luke’s Health in San Augustine, Catholic Health Initiatives announced in a press release yesterday they would be cutting 18 employees system-wide from the CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial workforce, which also includes Lufkin and Livingston.

The release stated, “As a result of lower than expected operating and financial performance in the first quarter of the 2015 fiscal year, Catholic Health Initiatives and its market organizations including CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial have taken action to reduce expenses across the system.

The 18 employees being cut from CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial were mainly from administrative and support services representing about one percent of the workforce.