Oak Park's shuttered West Suburban Medical Center has a new owner after a deal struck late Wednesday, Sept. 16, ended a year-long legal battle over the hospital's future. No reopening date has been set.

Ramco Healthcare Holdings bought out its partner Resilience Healthcare in hours of closed-door talks in court, clearing the way for Insight Health Systems to take over West Suburban and Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital, ABC7 Chicago reported.

The deal eliminates the need for a court-appointed receiver that Cook County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Stanton said he planned to install the week of Sept. 7. That threat of receivership apparently pushed the two sides back to the table, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Under the agreement, Ramco owner Reddy Rathnaker Patlola is buying out Dr. Manoj Prasad, majority owner of Resilience Healthcare, which had operated both hospitals. Prasad had backed out of an earlier settlement reached in Judge Stanton's chambers on May 29.

The agreement alone does not reopen either campus. Before patients can return, Insight must restore Weiss's state license and secure accreditation and federal funding eligibility for both hospitals, according to CBS News Chicago. As of June, West Suburban's federal license to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments was set to expire Sept. 30 without corrective action, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health inspection report reviewed by ABC7.

West Suburban closed March 25 after months of financial turmoil. The hospital had employed more than 700 people and treated about 25,000 emergency patients in 2023, its most recent year of full data.

The closure strained neighboring facilities. The emergency room at Rush Oak Park Hospital hit "peak census" for 26 days between mid-April and June, compared with two days in the same stretch the year before, according to state records reported by the Wednesday Journal. Ambulance runs at Loretto Hospital in Chicago's Austin neighborhood more than doubled.

Community advocates called the deal a step forward but warned that no reopening date exists. A coalition is demanding Insight meet with community groups within 30 days, publish a public reopening timeline and give residents a continuing role in decisions about care.

"Our communities need these hospitals … black and brown communities, people that work for minimum wage, those are the people that go to these hospitals," Rev. Robin Hood said after the deal was announced.

Not everyone is confident in the new operator. A group of former West Suburban doctors, the West Suburban Medical Center Medical Executive Committee and Chicago Medical Society Task Force, voted "no confidence" in Insight, citing concerns about transparency and accountability.

As of February, Insight owed more than $48 million to the state in loan money and was not in compliance with its repayment terms, the Tribune reported. In 2024, the company's expenses exceeded revenue by nearly $29 million.

The hospitals' previous owners also left behind significant debt. As of June, West Suburban and Weiss owed at least $8.9 million in property taxes for 2024 and 2025, according to records reviewed by CBS News Chicago.

No date has been set for the next court hearing or for Insight's first meeting with community groups.