Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday joined a rising chorus of progressives demanding the city of Philadelphia seize the shuttered 500-bed Hahnemann hospital from its owner, investment banker Joel Freedman, and reopen the facility to handle the coming peak infections of the coronavirus in the city.
“The city should reopen Hahnemann hospital immediately,” Sanders said in a tweet Monday at midday.
Sanders, who supported efforts to stop the hospital’s closure in July 2019, including rallying with the facility’s supporters, was one of a growing number of advocates calling for the city to take matters into its own hands after Freedman refused to lease the building to the city for less than $1 million a month.
“Seize it,” tweeted progressive radio host Benjamin Dixon.
On Sunday, Freedman’s mansion in Philadelphia had “Joel Kills” and “Free Hahnemann” spray painted on its side.
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