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New Mercy Hospital Owner Vows Full Service Until 2029
The new owner of Chicago’s oldest hospital has agreed with the city to operate the hospital as a full-service facility until at least 2029, officials said Tuesday.
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Mercy Hospital Finalizes Sale to Keep Doors Open in Bronzeville
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center has finalized a deal to sell its facility for $1 to a Michigan-based not-for-profit, in a deal that promises to keep the Bronzeville hospital open after months of uncertainty regarding its future.
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Board Evaluates Potential Sale of Chicago's Mercy Hospital
A review board is evaluating the possible sale of Chicago’s Mercy Hospital to another company, and some residents are frustrated with a lack of local involvement in the sale. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell explains.
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Mercy Hospital, Chicago's Oldest, Files for Bankruptcy
Chicago’s oldest hospital has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of a planned May 31 closure.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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.