WNIJ News Director Jenna Dooley spoke with Kevin Haas of the Rock River Current about the sale just announced by healthcare system Mercyhealth of its Javon Bea facility in Rockford to a local pastor. The following is a transcript of that conversation:
HOST: You’re listening to WNIJ. I’m News Director Jenna Dooley. The pastor of a Rockford church has agreed to buy a former hospital from Mercyhealth. Pastor Melvin Brown and his wife, Sheila, of Kingdom Authority International Church have signed a purchase agreement and are now closing on the former hospital.
Kevin Haas is with the Rock River Current and has been covering this purchase…