The hospital, which closed in September, could be ready to accept patients by March 28. About 200 beds at the hospital will be used for COVID-19 patients, according to the report.
The reopening of the hospital, formerly known as MetroSouth Medical Center, is part of a plan Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced earlier this week that also involves renting out thousands of hotel rooms to isolate confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health announced in June that it filed an application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to close 314-bed MetroSouth Medical Center. After receiving approval, Quorum closed the hospital in late September.
Illinois is one of the states hit hardest by COVID-19. As of 7:25 a.m. CDT March 25, there were 1,537 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois.
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