Minnesota’s Largest Safety Net Hospital Seeks State Rescue Funds

The Hennepin County Medical Center emergency department in Minneapolis.Photographer: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo

The largest safety net hospital in Minnesota is at risk of closing, with administrators seeking rescue funding from the state to keep the facility’s doors open.

Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis, part of the public Hennepin Healthcare System, operates one of the state’s busiest emergency departments and treats patients who are mostly uninsured or reliant on public insurance like Medicaid.