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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN SUPPORT OF COOK COUNTY HEALTH'S PLANNED CONSTRUCTION OF A MODERN REPLACEMENT FACILITY AT PROVIDENT HOSPITAL
WHEREAS, Provident Hospital is one of the most storied and cherished hospitals in Chicago, particularly to the African American community; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Hale Williams, a Black medical doctor, founded the original Provident Hospital in 1891 and Provident Hospital was one of the first non-segregated medical facilities in the country; and
WHEREAS, after its establishment, Provident Hospital trained Black nurses while patients were seen by doctors of all races; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 1893, Daniel Hale Williams performed the first open heart surgery in the world, repairing the pericardium of James Cornish who suffered a stab wound to the chest; and
WHEREAS, in 1987 Provident Hospital closed; and
WHEREAS, the current Provident Hospital facility is not the original hospital; and
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WHEREAS, Cook County purchased, renovated, and reopened Provident Hospital in 1993 as a part of the Cook County Health system and since that time, Provident Hospital has served as an important provider of both inpatient and outpatient care; and
WHEREAS, in recent years, Provident Hospital has added extensive outpatient services for the community; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, Cook County Health opened an ophthalmology center and new digital mammography suites at Provident, and will deliver outpatient hemodialysis services beginning in 2020; and
WHEREAS, Provident has more than 127,000 visits annually; and
WHEREAS, the current Provident Hospital facility is dated and requires tens of millions of dollars to update; and
WHEREAS, based upon a needs and demand assessment of Chicago's south side and the south suburbs and an analysis of existing surgical capacity and patient need at Provident Hospital, Cook County Health is proposing to build a smaller, modern facility to replace the current ...
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