Weiss Memorial Hospital appeared to close Friday morning, just a day before it was scheduled to lose Medicare funding .

The emergency room and other facilities closed as of 7 a.m., emergency room registered nurse Daniel Maser said. Three other hospital staffers, who asked to remain unnamed, told the Tribune Thursday that the facility was slated to close. The hospital was quiet on Friday morning, and one person was seen walking out of the facility with a cardboard box.

Dr. Manoj Prasad, the head of the company that owns the hospital, and other hospital officials did not respond to requests for comment Thursday. Prasad is scheduled to speak at 11:30 am today at a news conference at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, which his company also owns.

Maser said he was told of the closi

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