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http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008...045774.txt
State: One center is enough

By JONATHAN BILYK - jbilyk@kcchronicle.com
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Quote:It appears that there might not be room in the area for two.

On Tuesday, state regulators denied a request from Central DuPage Hospital to build a $140 million proton ray therapy cancer-treatment center in Warrenville.

The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board voted, 3-1, to issue an intent to deny CDH’s application for a state permit, known as a certificate of need.

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Finally NIU gets a break. Really surprised here due to the U of I - Chicago backroom influence in the CDH bid. I think getting NU Hospital systems doctors onboard with the NIU bid was big in this case.

Biggest NIU win of the year!

Here is a link to the IHFPB report granting an exception to Certificate of Need requirement--needed when acquiring medical equipment in excess of about $7.2 million--NIU's will cost $159 million.


http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/hfpb/f...TERLLC.pdf