A hospital that did nothing to help a gunshot victim dying just outside the building has received approval for its new emergency policy and will continue to receive Medicare funding, officials said Friday.

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Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center was in danger of being shut out of Medicare participation after the May 16 death of Christopher Sercye.Sercye died just 35 feet from the hospital where friends had brought him after he was caught in gang crossfire. Workers at Ravenswood refused to leave the building to treat the 15-year-old.

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