Riverside Surrenders License To Provide Substance Abuse Treatment

Besieged Riverside General Hospital, which is facing legal and financial woes on multiple fronts, surrendered its license Thursday to provide substance abuse treatment as part of a bid to find a way to stay in business, even if in a reduced capacity. The move came after the state's top health official traveled to Houston for a tour of the facility's three campuses, in which he got a first-hand look at problems with everything from fire alarms and air conditioning filters to patients records and the condition of the kitchen.