The hospital was cleared to reopen after passing a life safety inspection and a health inspection, Melaney Arnold, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health, told the Chicago Tribune.
On July 12, after losing power due to flooding caused by storms, the hospital transferred 93 patients to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and other local facilities. Patients who were evacuated from the facility will not be transferred back, Megan McCann, a spokeswoman for Northwestern Medicine, told the Chicago Tribune.
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