Government At Work

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7

8:15 a.m. – McHenry County Transportation Committee of McHenry County Board, regularly scheduled for this Wednesday, has been cancelled.

10:00 a.m.—Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board—

Meeting at the Bolingbrook Golf Club, 2001 Rodeo Drive, Bolingbrook, IL

Mercy Hospital

Desires to establish a 70-bed Acute Care Hospital for location on the southeast corner of Illinois Route 31 and Three Oaks Road, Crystal Lake.

This is a return application for this proposal. A hearing before the Board was held in Crystal Lake last October when the Board turned down the proposal.

This proposal is for 70 hospital beds, multi-specialty physicians and services; technologically advanced intensive care unit; emergency care center/ spa-like labor and delivery suites; senior health care; integrated health care from birth through end-of life and convenient location with ample parking

This is the third attempt to obtain the necessary state license for this facility. The first request earlier in this decade was thwarted due to actions of individuals close to State political individuals who attempted to bribe the State Board. They were caught and dealt with appropriately.

Centegra Hospital

Also being considered Wednesday is a request by Centegra Hospital to construct a 128-bed Acute Care Hospital at Huntley. This is a second attempt by Centegra to build a hospital at Huntley. The first request was also considered by the Board last October at the Crystal Lake hearing. That request was also denied.