ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) -- The Parker Hughes Cancer Center emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday as a federal judge approved the clinic's plan to end several leases and repay its debts.
The Roseville clinic filed for bankruptcy protection in January after it lost business as a result of an ongoing investigation by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, said Alan Eidsness, the clinic's lawyer.
The clinic, which has about 300 patients, remained open throughout the bankruptcy proceedings.
The medical license of the clinic's founder, Dr. Fatih Uckun, was suspended in January 2006 for what the Medical Board called unethical, unprofessional and "pro-essionally incompetent"
behavior.
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Uckun appealed, and an administrative law judge recommended lifting the suspension in May. That case, separate from the bankruptcy proceeding, is still pending.
