Norwood Hospital was done in by inadequate state regulations. Here is the fix.

Norwood Hospital was done in by inadequate state regulations. Here is the fix.

For the second time in two years, Massachusetts is considering whether it needs to seize hospital land by force just to get a community its health care back. In February, state legislators held a hearing on taking the Norwood Hospital property by eminent domain, the same tool the state used at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton at a cost of $66 million to taxpayers. For Norwood, six years into a flood-related closure that never had to ha…