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The Democratic commissioner was known for his advocacy of improving mental health care.
Doctors used a spinal anesthetic to numb the patient from the chest down, eliminating the use of narcotics and general anesthesia, cutting recovery time. The patient, John Nicholas, was released within 24 hours of the procedure.
"When we put out one fire, another will spark up," Englewood First Responders founder Charles McKenzie said after Dennis Green was fatally shot this month. "But my motto is, we keep hitting it until we get the fires out."
Haymarket Center sued in 2022 after Itasca denied a request to use a vacant Holiday Inn as a 240-bed center for people with substance-use disorders.