The state Certificate of Need Review Board has rejected a bid by a group of Baldwin County doctors and a subsidiary of Pensacola's Sacred Heart Health System to build a $9.4 million outpatient surgery facility in northern Gulf Shores.
Supporters of the project, including the cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, had figured the project would go forward after an administrative law judge last month issued a 120-page ruling in favor of Pleasure Island Ambulatory Surgery Center LLC's proposal.
Instead, the CON board sided with Mobile's Infirmary Health Systems and Foley's South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, which have fought to keep their Florida-based competitor out of the lucrative beach market.
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