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$633M facility to be a global destination for cancer care, located on Chicago’s South Side

A former professor claims the hospital left resident surgeons unsupervised.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday that the federal government will provide medical staffing assistance to University of Chicago Medicine’s Ingalls...

The workers arrived at the hospital Monday

University of Chicago Medicine revealed plans Monday to build a 116,000-square-foot facility at 109th Avenue and Interstate 65.

University of Chicago Medicine revealed plans Monday to build a 116,000-square-foot facility at 109th Avenue and Interstate 65.

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Get our free LIBN e-alerts & breaking news notifications! Medical experts say gun violence is a public health crisis By: Adina Genn April 14, 2021 Comments Off on Medical experts say gun violence is a public health crisis A number of healthcare networks are joining Northwell Health in recognizing gun violence as a public health crisis. In a new interactive forum, they aim to bring about best practices to prevent firearm injury and death, and leave politics out of their discussions. The f...

Mercy Hospital To Close, and the South Side Shudders Mercy Hospitals planned closure in the Spring of 2021—leaving the University of Chicago Medical Center as one of the few hospitals in the South Side—could create a healthcare desert for Chicagos most at-risk residents. By Editors Note: in mid-December, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted unanimously to keep the hospital open, citing concerns over South Side health care access. Mercy Hospital, ...

COVID-19 vaccinations begin at University of Chicago Medicine Dec 18, 2020 First employees inoculated, with thousands more to be scheduled over next several weeks The University of Chicago Medicine began inoculating frontline staff against the virus that causes COVID-19 on Dec. 17, following delivery of 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the Chicago Department of Public Health. A diverse group of frontline employees—including a resident phy...