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SSM Healthcare of Wisconsin's plans to build a new hospital in Janesville, Wis., have been put on hold, according to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal.

St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital, based in Mt. Vernon, Ill., has received approval for certificate of need applications to build a new hospital, surgery center and medical building, according to a report from the Mt. Vernon Register-News.

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Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., has been forced to halt its $89 million expansion project due to downturns in financial markets, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.

A new American Hospital Association survey of 639 non-federal hospitals found that nine of out 10 hospitals are finding it more difficult to borrow money or attract charitable donations in this economic downturn.

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