Secret meeting held to oust West Suburban CEO before hospital's closure, warnings of dire situation
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By Christine Tressel
Published on April 7, 2026.
Secret meeting was held to oust West Suburban Medical Center CEO before the hospital's closure last month, according to documents obtained by the ABC7 I-Team. The meeting reportedly included a plan to evict the current management and install a court-appointed receiver to oversee the recovery of operations. The state was warned of the dire situation a month prior, with a plan being presented to oust the current CEO Manaj Prasad. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) chief of staff met to discuss the "Operational Recovery & Stabilization Plan" for the hospital. The current CEO attributed the closure to problems with the billing system, which resulted in the hospitals running on a small portion of their normal revenue.
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