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Rush Medical College was chartered on March 2, 1837, two days before the city of Chicago was chartered. [3] The college opened with 22 students on December 4, 1843. It was Chicago's first health care institution [4] and one of the few medical schools west of the Alleghenies.
The Chicago Department of Public Health was established in a 1876 reorganization of the city's health apparatus. [1]In 1975, the Chicago City Council revised the city's municipal code to make it clear that the nine-member Chicago Board of Health was the policy-making body for health and the Chicago Department of Health is the agency which administers the city's health programs and enforces ...
The court decided that the Chicago City Council had no authority to delegate to the Department of Health authority equivalent to what the state would allow them to grant a board of health. This meant that, from 1921 until the establishment of the new Chicago Board of Health in 1932, Chicago's Commissioner of Health had little actual power. [4]
Stroger employs 300 attending physicians and over 400 fellows and residents. It has 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m 2) of floor space, and 464 beds.It is located at 1901 W. Harrison Street, and is a part of the 305 acre (1.2 km 2) Illinois Medical District on Chicago's West Side, which is one of the largest concentrations of medical facilities in the world.
Provident Hospital was purchased by Cook County in 1991, and it reopened in August 1993 after the county invested several million dollars in renovations. [3] Part of the reopening success can be attributed to a campaign led by Chicago Defender publisher John Sengstacke. [6]
A block within the Illinois Medical District bounded by Taylor, Wood, Polk and Lincoln (now Wolcott) Streets was home to the Chicago Cubs baseball club from 1893 to 1915, at the 16,000 capacity West Side Park. The first game was held on May 14, 1893 (Cincinnati 13, Chicago 12) and the last game was on October 3, 1915 (Chicago 7, St. Louis 2).
The inartfully named Metropolitan Water Reclamation District long has been the mystery agency for many voters when they enter the polling station. After wading through state lawmakers, municipal ...
Care system: Not-for-profit: Type: Teaching: Affiliated university: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine [citation needed] Services; Emergency department: Evanston - Level I Glenbrook - Level II Highland Park - Level II Skokie - Level II Swedish - Level II Northwest - Level II: Beds: over 1200: History; Opened: 1891; 134 years ago ...