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Resident urges village to investigate Northwest Community inpatient closure; village staff to report back
Summary
A member of the Arlington Heights Mental Health Task Force asked the village Feb. 3 to probe the planned closure of inpatient services at Northwest Community Hospital, arguing local patients will face longer transports; village staff said they will provide more information in the board packet Friday.
At the village board meeting Feb. 3, resident and Mental Health Task Force member Arlen Gould urged Mayor John Hayes and the Village Board to investigate the planned closure of inpatient services at Northwest Community Hospital and to weigh potential local impacts.
Gould said the closure would force transfers to hospitals in other communities — he named Evanston and Naperville as examples — increasing transport time for…
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