Appeal of Frankford Hospital

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia, has appealed a decision of the Department of Public Welfare denying it reimbursement for inpatient care rendered to Carmen Sellechia after November 23, 1968. Sellechia was admitted to the hospital on November 12, 1968 for emergency treatment of a urinary obstruction and uremia. By November 22, 1968 his condition was improved to the degree that he could have been cared for in a lesser care facility but he remained at the hospital until March 23, 1969 because no such lesser care facility was available until that date,. Citing Department…