Maurice S. Mazel Born January 12, 1895, was a prominent
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surgeon
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who founded
Edgewater Hospital.
Edgewater Hospital was a major medical center in
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for many decades, until it closed in December 2001 after substantial
Medicare and
Medicaid
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fraud blacklisted it from receiving further business from Federal or State medical programs.
Edgewater Hospital was the birthplace of
Hillary Clinton
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and
John Wayne Gacy
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.
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