May 25, 2021 5:00am
A Lown Institute analysis of the most and least racially inclusive U.S. hospitals found that providers on both ends of the spectrum can be located just a short cab ride away from each other in many cities. The group s president also warned that care delivery can greatly differ between these segregated organizations. (Getty/FG Trade)
A new Lown Institute ranking of U.S. hospitals’ racial inclusivity suggests that many of the country’s most segregated hospitals are in urban areas and that top and bottom performers are frequently located within the same city.
Further, Lown’s analysis placed more than twice as many “elite hospitals” named to U.S. News’ Honor Roll in the bottom third of the racial inclusivity ranking than it did in the upper third.
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BELLEVILLE â A patient claims she suffered serious complications after laparoscopic surgery for GERD due to her physician s alleged negligence.
Veroncia Douglas filed a complaint May 12 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Kurt Sprunger, M.D., and Granite City Illinois Hospital Company LLC, doing business as Gateway Regional Medical Center, alleging medical Malpractice.
According to Douglas complaint, she underwent a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for GERD symptoms, which was performed by Sprunger on March 12, 2020. Douglas alleges that after the surgery, she suffered significant complications, including trouble swallowing, fever, nausea, shortness of breath and severe chest and abdominal pain. Douglas claims that on March 20, 2020, she was at Belleville Memorial Hospital for treatment of her complications. A CT scan allegedly showed that she had an intra-abdominal abscess and a build up of gas and fluid at her surgica
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois legislators traveled to the metro-east on Friday to talk about a new law designed to improve health-care access for the poor and people of color,
Several Chicago hospitals earned low marks in two separate reports released this week, while Rush University Medical Center earned top scores from both.
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President Joe Biden gives his first address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021. And he noted another first: “Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President no president has ever said those words, and it’s about time.” he said. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images