Hammond hospital set to close ER after appeals court stay

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana hospital said it will close its emergency room Saturday, a day after an Indiana Court of Appeals judge ...

December 31, 2022
6:18 AM

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana hospital said it will close its emergency room Saturday, a day after an Indiana Court of Appeals judge issued a stay of a lower court ruling that it must operate those services for nine more months. The stay, issued Friday afternoon by Chief Appeals Court Judge Cale Bradford, halted a Lake County judge's ruling that would have postponed the closure of Franciscan Health Hammond's emergency room for nine months while the city of Hammond searched for another operator.