ROSCOE, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois has denied Beloit Health System’s request to create a 10-bed hospital and emergency room in Roscoe .
According to the healthcare system, it submitted an application to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish a NorthPointe Neighborhood Hospital.
As of now, anyone calling 911 near NorthPointe will be transported by ambulance to Rockford or Beloit. The addition of an emergency room on NorthPointe’s campus would allow more people to be taken care of closer to home…