Updates : Cook County Health & Hospital System
Panel: Trauma care shortage costs lives in Southland
Date:
03/27/2012
From the Southtown Star:
BY MARY J. PALEOLOGOS Correspondent March 26, 2012 10:30PM
Updated: March 27, 2012 2:09AM
A person critically injured in a car accident in Park Forest is as likely as not to die before he or she makes it to the nearest trauma center in Oak Lawn to be treated.
Kadner: No state plan to treat mentally ill
Date:
01/27/2012 From the Herald-News:
Kadner: No state plan to treat mentally ill
Phil Kadner
pkadner@southtownstar.com
January 23, 2012 8:50PM
Updated: January 24, 2012 5:15AM
Illinois is once again planning to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center.
Cook County wins fight to convert hospital to outpatient center
Date:
09/21/2011 From the Chicago Tribune (link here):
Illinois has rare authority over hospital closures
Date:
09/21/2011
From the Associated Press:
Illinois has rare authority over hospital closures
By Associated Press
Oak Forest Hospital to close by month's end
Date:
09/21/2011 Oak Forest Hospital to close by month's end
Listen to this Story at WBEZ.org
By Gabriel Spitzer | Aug. 16, 2011
(WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Opponents twice blocked the closure of Oak Forest, but at Tuesday's meeting Cook County won the day.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and health officials say closing Oak Forest is difficult but necessary.
Only Two Lobbyists Reported Contacting County Officials About Oak Forest Hospital Closing
Date:
09/21/2011
From OakForest.Patch.com:
State OKs plan to close Oak Forest hospital, switch to outpatient care
Date:
09/21/2011 State OKs plan to close Oak Forest hospital, switch to outpatient care
By Susan DeMar Lafferty
slafferty@southtownstar.com
August 16, 2011 2:06PM
Updated: August 17, 2011 2:08AM
County's latest plan for Oak Forest Hospital rejected by state board's staff
Date:
08/09/2011 From the Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2011:
CA/IL Co-Director William McNary Named to Southland Health Advisory Council
Date:
07/18/2011 From the Southtown Star: Citizen Action/Illinois Co-Director William McNary has been named to the Southland Health Advisory Council.
Read the article here: PF mayor, former state rep on health panel
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