Northwestern Memorial Hospital

In the nearly three years since former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two men in Chicago, the case went from being an alleged hate crime to an alleged hoax, with arrests, charges, indictments and plenty of questions.

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As the trial of Jussie Smollett hits a critical juncture, the actor testified in his own defense Monday. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the details.

The Northwestern Memorial Hospital was recognized as the top hospital in Illinois and the number tenth in the country by the U.S. News & World Report.

A woman was fatally struck by a wrong-way driver Friday evening in the Loop, Chicago police said.

A health care worker from suburban Glenview Heights defied the odds and received one of the first-known “COVID-to-COVID” double lung transplants in the U.S.

As a second coronavirus surge escalates, there’s no quiet day on the COVID-19 unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

As a second coronavirus surge escalates, there’s no quiet day on the COVID-19 unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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...

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…

Coronavirus patients in Illinois are being socked with large bills due to coding issues at hospitals. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports

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…

Northwestern Hospital has successfully completed its first double-lung transplant on a coronavirus patient. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

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.

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...