Uncertainty follows methadone clinic\’s closing | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/29/2009

The nonprofit Parkside Recovery, which runs a bustling downtown clinic and was to move to a newly renovated facility at South Jersey Port, cited financial problems. The state, which funds the facility, said it had \”operational concerns\” about Parkside.

The announcement this week surprised the facility\’s nearly 40 employees and 550 clients, and raised questions about the fate of a $1.9 million state-funded plan to build a clinic for Parkside at the port. The plan was widely controversial and mired in a lawsuit.

Although a Parkside official said the clinic would not close until all patients were placed elsewhere, patients who have come to rely on methadone are concerned.

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