GWU Hospital says it’s back in the game to work toward East End Hospital deal

George Washington University Hospital said Wednesday it will resume talks to work toward a definitive agreement with the District to operate a new hospital in Southeast — a major win for the project’s supporters who feared its departure would destroy it.

The hospital’s decision to continue negotiations follows the D.C. Council’s vote Tuesday night to waive the certificate of need requirement for both the new Ward 8 facility and a bed expansion at the Foggy Bottom campus, and to remove the…