Provident Hospital on Chicago’s South Side is set to begin accepting ambulance patients again on Oct. 19 after pausing the service back in 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Atlanta hospital reports 30% more patients 4 days after Wellstar closure
Four days after Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department, nearby hospitals’ patient volumes are steadily rising.
Atlanta charity clinics brace for medical center closure
Safety net hospitals are not the only medical facilities that could suffer from Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s imminent closure. Smaller local clinics are also prepping for an increased patient load, radio station WSB reported Oct. 16.
UC Davis to provide neonatal services for local hospital
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Children’s Hospital will now provide neonatal support at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, Calif.
Vermont hospital redirecting nonemergent patients
The 499-bed University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington is struggling to serve a high volume of patients and is redirecting non-emergent cases elsewhere, NBC affiliate WPTZ reported Oct. 17.
HCA Florida hospital damaged by Hurricane Ian reopens ORs
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte has reopened its operating rooms and some additional services following damage from Hurricane Ian, ABC affiliate WWSB reported Oct. 17.
RSV cases reaching ‘seasonal peak levels,’ CDC says
Hospitals across the country are seeing a significant surge of respiratory syncytial virus, NBC News reported Oct. 14.
Froedtert, ThedaCare partner on ‘micro-hospitals’
Two Wisconsin health systems — Froedtert Health in Wauwatosa and ThedaCare in Neenah — have joined forces to build two medical campuses including “micro-hospitals,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Oct. 13.
After Ian, Massachusetts team treats 500 patients in ED tent complex at Florida hospital
After Hurricane Ian, a team of 37 healthcare workers from Massachusetts treated 500 patients in emergency department tents set up outside of Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Venice (Fla.) campus.
Prisma Health hospital plans $16M emergency department expansion
Prisma Health’s Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, S.C., is expanding its emergency department by 13,000 square feet in order to accommodate more patients, ABC Columbia 25 reported Oct. 13.
