With ambulances now bypassing a hospital in Chicago’s north suburbs and the facility losing its trauma designation, the troubled operator behind the struggling hospital is facing calls to sell as issues with the facility continue to mount.
Illinois U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider has called for the operator of Waukegan’s Vista Medical Center East to sell the facility as the hospital can no longer accept any emergency vehicles as state regulators also took away its designation to operate a trauma center.
The move essentially left a city of nearly 90,000 residents without a functioning emergency room…