A new Catholic Health hospital in Lockport received the green light from a state board, despite complaints that the hospital would not offer services such as abortions that are barred by Catholic teaching, reports The Buffalo News.
The unanimous vote by the Public Health and Health Planning Council cleared the way for Catholic Health to break ground this fall for the Lockport Memorial Campus of Mount St. Mary’s Hospital.
The new hospital, targeted to open in 2023, will replace Eastern Niagara Hospital, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2019. The old hospital signed a management agreement with Catholic Health after that filing, and Eastern Niagara will close when the new hospital opens. Read more.
