After hearing hours of testimony about how a new $230 million University of Iowa Health Care facility in North Liberty would affect patients, community hospitals and UIHC’s mission, a state council Tuesday reversed a prior decision and this time approved the project to proceed, Tghe Gazette reports
Having narrowly denied the application in February — with three members voting against the 300,000-square-foot facility and two voting for it — the five-member State Health Facilities Council this time around, without discussion, voted 4-1 for the project. Read more.