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Rush University Medical Center has 664 patient beds at its 14-story, 830,000-square-foot location on Chicago's Near West Side. The hospital is known for its butterfly-shaped tower, designed to handle mass casualty events. [8] Rush offers more than 70 residency and fellowship programs in medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.
[23] [24] The same year, the hospital received state regulatory approval for the construction of a new eight-story, 192-bed patient care tower, [25] [26] which was completed in 2009 at a cost of $200 million. [27] The tower is LEED certified to gold designation. In 2006, the Loeber Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory was established. [28]
Lurie is located on the university's Streeterville campus with more than 1,665 physicians on its medical staff and 4,000 employees. [6] Additionally, Lurie Children's has a rooftop helipad to transport critically ill pediatric patients to the hospital. [7] Lurie Children's hosts 70 pediatric subspecialties and has locations across the Chicago area.
MCHC was composed of more than 140 hospitals and health care organizations in the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] The Council's members included hospitals, physician groups, nursing homes, outpatient treatment centers, insurers, medical schools and other health care-related organizations.
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.
The Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium was located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Founded in 1915, it was a municipal organization which included a sanatorium, dispensaries, and other auxiliary agencies essential in the control of tuberculosis. The sanitarium was the largest municipal sanitarium in the country and had a capacity of 950 beds.
Furthermore, the university announced plans to expand The University of Chicago Medical Center. The center now includes 188 additional beds and has increased the hospital to its biggest size since the 1970s. The expansion was in response to an increased demand for bed space, as the medical center had been operating near capacity. [14] [15]
The hospital is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. [8] In 2012, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center was ranked #35 for all hospitals in the State of Illinois and #27 in the Chicago metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report. [1]