In the ruling, the judge has recommended the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration reverse its approval of South Bay hospital’s move based on the belief that the hospital’s services are needed in its current location, which has an elderly population.
The ruling ends a six-year battle to move the hospital, though hospital leaders stated they plan on filing an appeal, according to the report.
Read the news report about South Bay Hospital’s denied request to move.
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