Hospital's replacement opens amid scandal over doc, dosages
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Ohio health system is opening a new hospital in suburban Columbus as it deals with a scandal involving a doctor accused of ordering excessive painkiller doses for dozens of patients who died.
The 210-bed Mount Carmel Grove City hospital opens Sunday. Mount Carmel Health System is moving inpatient services and hundreds of employees to the $361 million facility from Mount Carmel West, the flagship hospital it's closing in the lower-income Franklinton neighborhood.
That plan was underway long before West became the focus of allegations about now-fired doctor William Husel (HYOO'-suhl), who's under investigation. In response to lawsuits, he denies negligently or intentionally causing deaths.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Meanwhile, nearby residents worry how West's closure will affect local development and access to medical care.
Mount Carmel still plans a new emergency department there.