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'Unconscionable greed': City leaders accuse Hahnemann owner of prioritizing profit over coronavirus patients

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FOX 29's Shawnette Wilson reports. PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia councilmember is calling on the city to use all available means to secure Hahnemann Hospital to treat coronavirus patients. "Joel Freedman does not have the right to block and make money off an important emergency medical center in the midst of a global health crisis," said Philadelphia City Councilmember at Large Helen Gym. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS She said the owner Joel Freedman is trying to sell the hospital to the city for an outrageous amount of money and accusing him of trying to profit off of the coronavirus pandemic. "Which I think is absolutely appalling and disgusts most people in Philadelphia," she also said.

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