Jefferson County Seeks to Close Emergency Room for the Poor
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Jefferson County, Alabama, which last year filed the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy, is fighting to close the emergency room of its money-losing hospital for the poor.
The county today asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas B. Bennett to halt a lawsuit by the city of Birmingham, which seeks to keep the emergency room open after Dec. 1, the day the county plans to end in-patient care at Cooper Green Mercy Hospital.