State Approves Empty Summit Park Closure

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The state health department has approved plans for the closure of the Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center , a major step in the facility's anticipated Dec. 31 shutdown, according to lohud.com.

The state health department has approved plans for the closure of the Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center in December. Currently, the nursing home is looking for new homes for patients.
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K Reakes

10/23/2015 12:00 p.m.

This means the Rockland County-owned complex's staff can begin reaching out to residents and their families to prepare them to move elsewhere, according to a statement released Thursday by County Executive Ed Day, reported lohud.com.

No patients remain in Summit Park's hospital portion of the facility; there are 122 residents living in the nursing home, said lohud.com.

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