Death of a heart hospital. The Heart Hospital of Milwaukee is closing after 13 months. Is this an aberration or a sign of what's in store for other specialty facilities?
When MedCath Corp. pulled the plug on the Heart Hospital of Milwaukee last week, it marked the first failure of a specialty hospital. Some saw the move as the result of oversupply. With 13 heart programs in the area, "It was inevitable that one of them wouldn't succeed," said Leo Brideau, left.
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