Little Company of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park)
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center is a hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. The hospital was founded on January 19, 1930 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary[1] and serves much of the southwest side of Chicago. On October 17, 2019, OSF HealthCare signed a merger agreement with Little Company of Mary Hospital. The merger took place on February 1, 2020.[2]
| OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | |
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| OSF HealthCare | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41.72145°N 87.69294°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | Community |
| Affiliated university | None |
| History | |
| Opened | 1930 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
The first human organ transplant (kidney) was performed here in 1950 on a 44-year-old woman who had polycystic kidney disease.[3][4]
Deaths
- Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972).[5]
References
- Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL
- https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/osf-little-company-of-mary-take-next-hospital-merger-step
- Brambila, Nicole C. (2011-08-01). "Kidney transplant pioneer James West dies in Palm Desert". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL
- Alden Whitman (January 28, 1972). "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer and a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
Mahalia Jackson, who rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer, died of a heart seizure yesterday in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb.
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