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Northwestern Healthcare Staff Describes Work During Second Coronavirus Surge, ‘We Have Whole Families That We See'
As a second coronavirus surge escalates, there’s no quiet day on the COVID-19 unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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‘The Patients Do Seem Sicker': A Look Inside a Chicago COVID Unit
As a second coronavirus surge escalates, there’s no quiet day on the COVID-19 unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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‘The Patients Do Seem Sicker': A Look Inside a Chicago COVID Unit
As a second coronavirus surge escalates, there’s no quiet day on the COVID-19 unit at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.
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Teen Bicyclist Hit by Car on Lake Shore Drive
A teenage boy was hit by a car Thursday while riding a bicycle on Lake Shore Drive in Lincoln Park on the North Side. The 17-year-old was riding the bike north in the southbound lanes about 11:30 p.m. when he collided with a southbound Toyota Solara in the 1700 block of North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said. The teen…
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Two Coronavirus Patients Share Their Stories After Undergoing Double-Lung Transplant Procedures
Two patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital share their stories after receiving double lung transplant procedures due to the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Marion Brooks reports.
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2 Shot in River North
Two people were shot Saturday in River North. They were standing on the sidewalk about 2:30 a.m. in the first block of West Erie Street when someone in a silver sedan fired shots, Chicago police said. A 21-year-old man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. He is in good condition. An…
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Teenage Boy Grazed by Stray Bullet near Grant Park
A teenage boy was grazed by a stray bullet Tuesday near Grant Park in the South Loop. The 15-year-old was walking alone about 10:30 p.m. when he came across two groups of males who were arguing in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue, Chicago police said. Someone pulled out a gun and fired shots, grazing the boy on the…
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Man Seriously Injured in Loop Shooting
A man was seriously injured in a shooting Saturday night in Chicago’s Loop, fire officials confirmed. The shooting was reported before 9 p.m. at State and Monroe streets, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The victim, a 25-year-old male, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was reported to be in serious condition. No additional information was immediately...
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Chicago Coronavirus Patient Hit with Large Hospital Bill Due to Coding Issue
After contracting the coronavirus, a Chicago-based flight attendant was left with a more than $800 hospital bill due to an apparent hospital coding issue. In April, Troy Muenzer, said he was feeling short of breath, so he decided to go to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “I explained that I was an essential worker,” he said. “I had been around a lot…
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Illinois Coronavirus Patients Hit with Large Bills Due to Hospital Coding Issues
Coronavirus patients in Illinois are being socked with large bills due to coding issues at hospitals. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports
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First Double-Lung Transplant Performed On Coronavirus Patient At Northwestern Hospital
Northwestern Hospital has successfully completed its first double-lung transplant on a coronavirus patient. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.
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First Double-Lung Transplant Performed On Coronavirus Patient At Northwestern Hospital
Northwestern Hospital has successfully completed its first double-lung transplant on a coronavirus patient, the hospital confirmed. The patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, recovered from the virus but suffered life-threatening damage to both lungs, requiring the procedure. “A lung transplant was her only chance for survival,” said Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the…
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Chicago Hospital Performs Double Lung Transplant to Save COVID-19 Patient
Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago performed a double lung transplant on a woman in her 20s with COVID-19. The disease had damaged her lungs so much that doctors said the transplant was her only option.
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From Basketball Court to Emergency Room: Chicago Nurses Say College Prepared Them For Ultimate Assist
Brooke Schulte and Peter Ryckbosch don’t feel like heroes. “I’m just doing my job that I was hired to do,” said 26-year old Schulte. “It’s hard for me to describe what I’m feeling when people call me a hero because I don’t feel that way,” echoed Pyckbosch, also 26. Day in and day out they don blue scrubs as...
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Double Lung Transplant Gives Suburban Woman New Chance at Life
Even with the coronavirus pandemic underway, the organ transplant team at Northwestern Medicine is still performing life-saving surgeries, including a double lung transplant this month. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.
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Nurses Known As ‘Old Dolls' Bring Decades of Experience to Northwestern's COVID Unit
Affectionately known as the “Old Dolls,” a group of 10 nurses at Northwestern Memorial Hospital is on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic working in the intensive care units. The women have spent their entire careers in the Chicago hospital, each with 35 years of service or more. “I am an official ‘old’ doll,” Susan O’Connell jokes. She’s been…
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7 Chicago Cops Injured in Disturbance at South Loop Storage Center
Seven Chicago police officers were injured Saturday while responding to a disturbance at a storage center in the South Loop. About 11:05 a.m., officers were called to the storage center in the 1300 block of South Wabash Avenue for reports of a male who was causing a disturbance in the lobby, police said. The male refused to leave the property…
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Long Hours, Support All Part of Chicago Nurses' Lives During Coronavirus Pandemic
Katie Martino has been a nurse for 10 years. Sarita Mazurowski for eight. Alyssa Olivieri’s mother and sister are nurses, her dad a doctor. And Patrice Rosenberg cared for some of the first coronavirus patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. They arrive at Northwestern each day for 12-hour shifts dealing with coronavirus patients. “These are some of the sickest patients...
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Long Hours, Support All Part of Chicago Nurses' Lives During Coronavirus Pandemic
Meet four nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus battle at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “These are some of the sickest patients we have seen in the hospital,” a nurse said. NBC 5 political editor Carol Marin reports.
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Chicago Nurse's Lawsuit Alleges She Was Fired For Warning About ‘Ineffective' COVID-19 Masks
A former nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired after warning coworkers that masks the hospital provided did not adequately protect staff against COVID-19. Lauri Mazurkiewicz filed the suit Monday in Cook County Circuity Court, naming the hospital and several employees as defendants, the lawsuit states. According to the suit, the hospital began accepting and…