By Timothy M. Carrigan, PhD, RN, FACHE
Despite the turbulence we’ve seen in 2020, healthcare professionals have met the challenges presented by the pandemic with perseverance, innovation and empathy. Direct care clinicians have come together to handle unprecedented surges of sick patients and to devise resourceful care delivery solutions.
Like many hospitals and health systems across the globe, Loyola University Medical Center began to see an influx of patients requiring inpatient care for COVID-19 in mid-March of 2020. The organization had to act fast to dedicate numerous units to the exclusive care of patients with COVID-19, including ICUs, general floor areas, and areas for pediatric and obstetric care.
A worker at the old Copley Hospital renovation site in Aurora was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Monday after bricks fell on him, officials said.
Mom accused of dropping daughter from the top of Winfield parking deck
Updated 5/1/2021 12:25 PM
A 28-year-old Plano woman accused of dropping her 5-year-old daughter from the top of a parking deck in Winfield in February has been charged with aggravated battery of a child.
Jerica Crawford, of the 3400 block of Clason Street, is being held on $500,000 bail at the DuPage County Jail.
The charge stems from an incident that happened around 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23.
At that time, Winfield police and fire crews responded to the campus of Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital for reports of two people who had fallen from the sixth floor of a detached garage.
Psychologist to examine mom accused of dropping daughter from parking deck Jerica Crawford
Updated 5/1/2021 12:50 PM
A DuPage County judge Saturday approved appointment of a clinical psychologist to examine a Plano woman accused of dropping her 5-year-old daughter from the top of a parking deck in Winfield in February, according to a news release from the DuPage County state s attorney s office.
Judge Paul Marchese also set bond for Jerica Crawford, 28, of the 3400 block of Clason Street, at $500,000 with 10% to apply, in line with an arrest warrant he issued Thursday.
Crawford, who was arrested Friday, is charged with aggravated battery of a child under 13. She is being held at the DuPage County Jail.