MNA: DPH Deems Steward Morton Hospital’s 32-Bed Substance Abuse Treat Unit An Essential Service “Necessary for Preserving Access and Health Status Within the Hospital’s Service Area.”

Advocates voice skepticism of the impact of the DPH decision, as it is the latest of dozens of such closings deemed essential, which hospitals closed anyway, as DPH has no authority to require providers to maintain any service, no matter how essential to public health The decision comes…