Cleaning house: The best of recent Daily News coverage

I've been remiss in posting content from the Daily News on Chicago Health Matters. For that, I sincerely apologize.

It's been an interesting week, once again, in the public health sector. Following Mayor Daley's announcement that four mental health centers scheudled to close would stay open, the battle for mental health as a priority continues. (The mental health centers, by the way, opened Monday)

Today, the Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers went to City Hall today to demand tax data that could determine how much money the group gets to expand free mental health care on the North Side. They got the information, and can now move forward with drawing up a plan.

Across town, small business owners are railing against the independent board that runs the Cook County Health & Hospital System, decrying its proposal to work with a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), from which it would buy all of its medical supplies. A GPO, business owners say, would shut out local business. The business owners are considering a class-action lawsuit against the county. This is a story we'll be following in the coming days and weeks.

What's the word in your corner of the city? Is there anything we should be covering that we're not? Drop me a line at alex (at) chitowndailynews (dot) org.