Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Michael Reese Hospital files for bankruptcy protection

Well this shouldn't be a surprise since they may not have their campus if the city has their way. Either the city will buy it or the city will just take it. Then again it has been in the news that the hospital has been struggling.

Crain's:
The South Side hospital said in a Chapter 11 petition filed in federal court in Chicago Sunday that it has $50 million to $100 million in debt and assets of $10 million to $50 million.

The hospital notified state regulators in June that it planned to close the hospital by yearend because of financial difficulties and because the city wants its 37-acre campus for redevelopment, possibly for use as an Olympic Village site.

Court papers show the hospital’s 20 largest unsecured creditors are owed $19.4 million, including $6.62 million due to Mundelein-based Medline Industries Inc., which owns the property and leases the hospital to Michael Reese.

Other large unsecured creditors include University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago (owed $2.3 million) and ComEd ($2.1 million).
Related: Condemn hospital: alderman

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