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The financial peril many U.S. retailers have faced in recent years has led to thousands of closures and created numerous vacancies in shopping malls across the country, and Bloomberg forecasts the industry's future is bleak.

Mercy Health Howland Medical Center opened Wednesday in Warren, Ohio, according to a Tribune Chronicle report.

The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.

Aurora-based UCHealth's planned expansion of its Memorial Hospital North in Colorado Springs, Colo., received $25 million in additional funding, reports The Gazette.

State officials approved $300 million in funding for Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System's new hospital.

Waukesha, Wis.-based ProHealth Care will construct a one-story building at Waukesha Memorial Hospital to house its outpatient heart and vascular services, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Tyler, Texas-based Christus Trinity Mother Frances Health System began construction on an expansion project at Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler to significantly increase the system's emergency and intensive care capacities.

In early December 2016, a former surgical resident gained access to five ORs, attended patient rounds and even helped transport a patient... all why pretending to be a physician in training!

Officials of Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center are not holding their tongues as Florida's legislature discusses eliminating the state's certificate of need laws, which require hospitals to demonstrate need in the community before building new facilities or expanding service lines, reports…

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