Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood will be kicked off Medicare and Medicaid programs, and a report suggests it could face closure when it is. The Department of Health and Human Services is removing Weiss from the federal health care programs,

Weiss Memorial Hospital is set to lose Medicare and Medicaid funding this weekend after failing to remain in compliance. It could be forced to close its doors.

On Thursday morning, the emergency waiting room at the Uptown hospital was deserted, and some of the offices had signs reading “permanently closed.”