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The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy said Wednesday that it approved Hartford HealthCare’s emergency certificate of need application for the transfer of Manchester Memorial Hospital, including the Rockville campus and other assets.

The agency said the decision came 40 days after it deemed the application complete.

“The expedited decision ensures continuity of care for Eastern Connecticut residents, while imposing specific conditions designed to ensure preservation of healthcare access and quality and control cost growth,” said Acting Commissioner Amy Porter, in a statement. “The OHS staff conducted a rigorous and highly efficient process made possible by the emergency CON statute.”

OHS said the decision “imposes conditions on the

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