Kucinich assails MetroHealth for bidding on Deaconess site
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Regina McEnery
Plain Dealer Reporter
A bid by MetroHealth Medical Center to buy the shuttered Deaconess Hospital for office space drew criticism yesterday from U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich's office, in large part because the $3.8 million bid will end any chance of restoring hospital services to the Old Brooklyn neighborhood.
During a hearing yesterday that lasted more than two hours, Marty Gelfand, an attorney for the congressman, said MetroHealth's offer wasn't significantly higher than the second-highest bidder, Diamond Healthcare Holdings Corp., which apparently was interested in re-establishing acute-care services at Deaconess.
Diamond Healthcare withdrew from the bid process, however, before the private auction was concluded.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Pat Morgenstern-Clarren is expected to rule on MetroHealth's bid early next week.
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