A state lawmaker is demanding legislative hearings after being kept in the dark about the status of a vacant hospital in his district the state acquired at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic but later gave back to the owner in mid-June.

The Illinois Department of Public Health this week revealed the vacant Vibra Hospital in Springfield the state leased was turned back over to the owner.

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