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Illinois Board Rejects Plan to Close Chicago's Mercy Hospital
A state board rejected a plan Tuesday to close a Chicago hospital after pleas from the community to keep the doors open.
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Illinois Board Rejects Plan to Close Chicago's Mercy Hospital
A state board rejected a plan Tuesday to close a Chicago hospital after pleas from the community to keep the doors open. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the latest details.
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Inside a Missouri ICU as It Battles COVID-19 Surge
Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.
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Mercy Hospital Announces Closure After Operating for Nearly 170 Years
Chicago’s oldest hospital announced Wednesday it will close next year after the state of Illinois failed to finance its merger with three other money-losing hospitals.
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Fired Mercy Hospital Nurse Alleges Retaliation for Speaking Out About Lack of Masks While Treating Coronavirus Patients
A former nurse at Mercy Hospital alleges she was fired after she expressed concerns that the hospital didn’t provide adequate protections for staff members treating coronavirus patients.
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March 30: Governor JB Pritzker Delivers Daily Coronavirus Briefing
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivers his daily coronavirus press briefing on March 30.
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South Side Hospitals Hope Merger Will Lead to Better Healthcare Options for Residents
A quartet of hospitals on Chicago’s South Side are combining their assets to create a new hospital system, and their goal is to help patients live longer and healthier lives, as 60 percent of residents go to hospitals outside of the area. Patients are hoping that the news of the merger between Mercy, South Shore, Advocate Trinity and St. Bernard…
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Chicago Cops Hold Fundraiser After Losing 3 of Their Own
Following the most recent fallen officers’ funerals, emotions, especially for their families, are still raw. But there’s huge need now moving forward and that’s what a fundraiser–replete with bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace” Wednesday night was all about. Dick Johnson reports.
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2 Injured in CTA Bus Crash in Hyde Park
Two people were injured Saturday after a car rear-ended a CTA bus in Hyde Park on the South Side.
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Misidentification Led Family to Take Wrong Man Off Life Support: Suit
A misidentification at a Chicago hospital led to a family taking a man they thought was their loved one off life support – but that man wasn’t who they thought he was, a new lawsuit states.
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Misidentified Man Taken Off Life Support: Suit
A misidentification at a Chicago hospital led to a family taking a man they thought was their loved one off life support – but that man wasn’t who they thought he was, a new lawsuit states. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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2 Legionnaires' Cases Reported at Mercy Hospital: Officials
Public health officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in patients who were possibly exposed to the bacteria while at Mercy Hospital.
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Oversight Board Won't Release Video of Hospital Shooting
Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability says it won’t release video or audio tapes of the November shooting at a hospital that left a police officer, doctor, pharmacy resident and the suspected shooter dead.
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‘Their Pain is Our Pain': Chicago Cops Hold Fundraiser After Losing 3 of Their Own
Following the most recent fallen officers’ funerals, emotions, especially for their families, are still raw. But there’s huge need now moving forward and that’s what a fundraiser–replete with bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace” Wednesday night was all about.
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Thousands of Letters, Emails Sent to Family of Pharmacist Killed in Hospital Shooting
Brian Less said he knows his daughter forgave the man who killed her.
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Chicago Hospitals Review Security After Nov. Shooting
Chicago-area hospitals are reviewing safety precautions and lawmakers are looking at measures to increase security after last month’s shooting that left four people dead, including the shooter.
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Chicago Doctor Killed in Mercy Hospital Shooting Laid to Rest
A Chicago doctor shot and killed by her ex-fiance in a tragic shooting at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center was laid to rest Friday.
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Dr. Tamara O'Neal Laid to Rest in Indiana
Dr. Tamara O’Neal, who was killed in a shooting at Mercy Hospital earlier this month, was laid to rest Friday. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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‘One-of-a-Kind Hero': Officer Killed in Mercy Hospital Shooting is Laid to Rest
Officer Samuel Jimenez, the young Chicago officer who ran toward danger to save innocent lives as gunfire erupted inside a Chicago hospital last week, was laid to rest one week after his tragic death.