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October 19, 2000
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Hospital to close doors

Northwest General has served poor, underinsured

By MARK JOHNSON AND KAWANZA L. GRIFFIN

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Thursday, October 19, 2000

Thirty-five years to the day after Northwest General Hospital opened its doors, officials announced Wednesday that the hospital has lost its long battle for survival and will close in 60 days.

The hospital, which cares for residents of some of the city's poorest neighborhoods, had reorganized after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1989. This summer it was learned that the

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