Some Toledo officials and state lawmakers again urged the governor to take action and halt the potential sale of the University of Toledo Medical Center, as well as approve an audit to investigate whether the former Medical College of Ohio was undermined by a 50-year agreement between UT and ProMedica. During a Tuesday news conference with Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, State Sen. Teresa Fedor (D., Toledo), and former Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, who is one of the leaders of the Save UTMC Citizens Group, all three pleaded for the governor to take action before a June 10 deadline for UT to accept bid proposals to purchase, lease, or manage UTMC as well as a July 1 deadline for UTMCÕs orthopedic services to be transferred to ProMedica Ñ which equates to another loss of a revenue-generating department for UTMC to be gained by ProMedica, they said.
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Source: https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2020/06/02/ohio-lawmakers-make-another-plea-for-halt-to-possible-utmc-sale/stories/20200602095