The state economy and New Jersey taxpayers cannot support the abundant number of hospital beds in the Newark area, according to a report today by a health care consultant, who recommended Saint Michael's Medical Center and East Orange General Hospital be turned into same-day medical facilities. The long-awaited report by Navigant Consulting is expected to be used by state Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd, who must decide whether to approve the sale of cash-starved Saint Michael's in Newark to Prime Healthcare Services, a large for-profit hospital chain in California that recently purchased two other community hospitals in the state.
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