Mount Sinai Medical Center, Chicago
Encyclopedia
Mount Sinai Medical Center is a 590-bed urban major hospital
in Chicago
, Illinois
, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglas Park
. The hospital was established in 1912 under the name Maimonides Hospital, with a mission of serving poor immigrants from Europe while providing training to Jewish physicians, primarily of Eastern European descent. After a period of financial difficulty, it closed in 1918, and was reopened as "Mount Sinai Hospital" in 1919, with 60 beds, and continuing its original purpose.
The second Jewish hospital to be established in the city, it differed from the earlier Michael Reese Hospital
(which had been established primarily by German Jews) in that it was established by Eastern European Jews. Unlike other regional hospitals, it had a kosher kitchen.
The hospital is currently affiliated with Chicago Medical School
and University of Illinois at Chicago. The hospital is a Level 1 Trauma center and a Chest Pain Center and is currently operating with a financial loss and an ageing and damaged facility but even in its damaged state it serves as a vital part of the community many are worried that the hospital will have a similar fate as the excellent and larger Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center. The hospital is a non-profit institution and provides Charity Care to 59% of their patients. Ruth Rothstein was the president of the hospital in the 1970s to the 1990s who resisted moving it to the suburbs.
Hospital
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in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglas Park
Douglas Park
Douglas Park was a football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, the home ground of Hamilton Academical FC from 1888 to 1994.The stadium holds the record for Hamilton Academical's largest ever attendance, 28,690 people against Hearts in 1937...
. The hospital was established in 1912 under the name Maimonides Hospital, with a mission of serving poor immigrants from Europe while providing training to Jewish physicians, primarily of Eastern European descent. After a period of financial difficulty, it closed in 1918, and was reopened as "Mount Sinai Hospital" in 1919, with 60 beds, and continuing its original purpose.
The second Jewish hospital to be established in the city, it differed from the earlier Michael Reese Hospital
Michael Reese Hospital
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center was an American hospital founded in 1881. In its heyday, it was a major research and teaching hospital and one of the oldest and largest hospitals in Chicago, Illinois. It was located on the near south side of Chicago, next to Lake Shore Drive Michael...
(which had been established primarily by German Jews) in that it was established by Eastern European Jews. Unlike other regional hospitals, it had a kosher kitchen.
The hospital is currently affiliated with Chicago Medical School
Chicago Medical School
The Chicago Medical School is one of the graduate schools of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Founded in 1912, The Chicago Medical School has nearly a 100 year history of a broadly-based socially constructive admission process relatively unlike that of other medical colleges....
and University of Illinois at Chicago. The hospital is a Level 1 Trauma center and a Chest Pain Center and is currently operating with a financial loss and an ageing and damaged facility but even in its damaged state it serves as a vital part of the community many are worried that the hospital will have a similar fate as the excellent and larger Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center. The hospital is a non-profit institution and provides Charity Care to 59% of their patients. Ruth Rothstein was the president of the hospital in the 1970s to the 1990s who resisted moving it to the suburbs.
External links
- MT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - CHICAGO, IL, Hospital-Data.com.
- John Fries, Profile: Mount Sinai VP Jackie Conrad: Innovation in Nursing Management Leading to Positive Results, Chicago Hospital News (July 2003).