Paul McKee

The hospital's license was suspended by the state last December for insufficient blood supply. The three-bed hospital in north St. Louis’ license was set to expire at the end of the year.

According to the state Department of Health and Senior Services, Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital will lose its license next week if it doesn’t send the state a plan to correct its deficiencies and allow regulators to conduct a site inspection.

Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital opened last year in the Carr Square neighborhood. It furloughed employees and closed after just 11 months. Some employees said they still are owed wages.

Homer G. Phillips Hospital, which has been in business for one year, is looking for additional funding and new blood supplies before it can reopen.

A St. Louis County judge dismissed a lawsuit last month filed by a Black nursing organization against a north St. Louis health center using civil rights advocate Homer G. Phillips’ name. Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni Inc. trademarked the name, and it claimed the three-bed care facility infringed upon it.

Mayor Tishaura Jones signed legislation Tuesday clearing the way for the city to force the sale of certain private properties near the NGA’s new headquarters that are unoccupied, vacant, condemned or otherwise a nuisance.

“While eminent domain can be scary, ultimately, this use of eminent domain protects existing residents and existing occupied businesses,” the bill’s sponsor said.

Paul McKee bought 3509 Page in 2009, only to let it deteriorate. A judge is ordering him to fix it.

Community leaders in St. Louis are determined to keep fighting developer Paul McKee’s use of Homer G. Phillps’ name for a north St. Louis health center.

Mayor Tishaura Jones, state Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins and Alderwoman Dwinderlin Evans say they agree with residents that naming a small hospital for Homer G. Phillips threatens his legacy.