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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING THE NEW ADDITION TO ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER'S INPATIENT WING AND RECOGNIZING ITS HISTORIC TIES TO COOK COUNTY AND THE FANTUS LEGACY
WHEREAS, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (IMMC), located in the heart of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood in Cook County's 10th District, has served the residents of Cook County with distinction for over a century, with a longstanding commitment to innovation, access, and compassionate care; and
WHEREAS, IMMC is one of only five Level 1 Trauma Centers in Chicago and plays a vital role as a safety-net hospital, delivering critical services regardless of a patient's ability to pay and serving a growing number of uninsured and underinsured residents from across Cook County; and
WHEREAS, the hospital recently completed the first phase of an ambitious eight-year, $645 million modernization project, which will essentially double the hospital's physical footprint and significantly expand its capacity to provide high-quality, patient-centered care to the people of Cook County; and
WHEREAS, this expansion includes 333,000 square feet of new medical space, supporting a broad range of vital services, state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a fully modernized Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); and
WHEREAS, the new five-story patient pavilion adds 326 replacement beds, each housed in private rooms of more than 300 square feet-designed to enhance healing, provide comfort to families, and reduce infection risk-while a four-story expansion to the Center for Advanced Care will deliver expanded oncology services, new operating rooms, and a leading-edge Breast Care Center; and
WHEREAS, the hospital's modernized Women's Health and Birthing Center will now offer private NICU suites, labor and delivery rooms, and surgical ORs, ensuring expectant mothers in Cook County receive compassionate, comprehensive, and dignified maternal care in a safe and healing env...
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