Article: Doctors hoping to buy hospital yet to pick leaders.(Oakland Physicians Medical Center L.L.C to acquire North Oakland Medical Centers )

Byline: Chad Halcom

In a way, the proposed buyers of bankrupt North Oakland Medical Centers hope to salvage the contents of an old and sinking ship, in order to outfit a newly commissioned one.

But who will be the new captain?

Anil Kumar, a urologist in Rochester Hills and president of the recently incorporated Oakland Physicians Medical Center L.L.C., said last week he is unlikely to seek the job.

Oakland Physicians would acquire NOMC in a proposed $9 million transaction, subject to approval in Chapter 11 reorganization filed last week before U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Marci McIvor in Detroit. Detroit-based Butzel Long P.C. ...

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