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20 years later, Neil Bluhm's $10M gift to Northwestern Memorial has gone far
Bluhm's donation to turn its cardiovascular program into a national powerhouse changed the dynamic for the Streeterville ...
Don't delay -- speed up hospital transfers to save lives
City and state health officials need to devise a plan to improve the situation in Illinois, where up to a third of critically ...
Game-changing lung refrigerator serves transplant patients at Northwestern Medicine
More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in ...
Icy sidewalks in Chicago cause falls and injuries, send people to hospitals
Beginning Wednesday night and going through Thursday morning, some people struggled to stay upright — while others did not ...
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Northwestern Medicine performs record number of transplants with new "lungs in a box" technology
CHICAGO (CBS) --Northwestern Medicine is celebrating a ... the most in a single year since the hospital's lung transplant program began 10 years ago.
Doctor left surgical sponge inside patient following surgery at McHenry Hospital: Lawsuit
A surgeon performing a second procedure found and removed a surgical sponge from the initial surgery, according to the court ...
Surgical sponge left in man’s neck after cancer operation caused delay in treatment, other symptoms: Lawsuit
A Chicago-area hospital is being sued by a former patient after he claimed that the surgeon who operated on him left a ...
Cancer patient suffered for months until surgical sponge found inside him, suit says
His chemotherapy treatment was delayed as doctors attempted to figure out the cause of his pain, an Illinois attorney says.
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Slow hospital transfers are costing lives in Illinois, study finds
Northwestern trauma surgeon Dr ... To improve patient transfers, Stey suggests Chicago and Illinois create a real-time hospital bed tracker, a system popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic.