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Illinois Hospitals' Haitian Response
CGH Medical Center
- Staff from
CGH Medical Center,
Sterling, are contributing to the Rotary Shelterbox through the Sterling
Noon Rotary Club. Shelterbox is an international disaster relief charity
that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by
disasters worldwide.
Children's Memorial Hospital
- A mission group including staff from
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, was in Haiti when the quake
struck and remained a few days longer to provide assistance.
Genesis Health System
- Genesis Health System, which includes
Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus,
in Silvis, held prayer services at all four of its hospitals on Jan. 15 and
has pledged $20,000 to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAid)
for earthquake relief efforts.
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
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Hospital
Sisters Mission Outreach, part of Hospital Sisters Health System in
Springfield, has a ministry in Haiti. They prepared blankets, hygiene kits
and immediate medical supplies for a shipment that was sent to Haiti with
the assistance of the U.S. Navy shortly after the disaster. They are working
with the Navy and Air Force to sort and prepare additional medical supplies
for shipment at their warehouses in Springfield and Chicago. A team from
St. Mary’s Hospital in
Streator, also part
of Hospital Sisters Health System,
left on its
annual medical mission
to Haiti as originally scheduled on Jan. 15 –
but with a much more difficult task facing them.
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A
medical team of 20 personnel from
Loyola University
Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, and
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, all in Chicago, left
for Haiti last week in conjunction with Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach in
Springfield.
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- The Weiss Initiative Supplying Hope (W.I.S.H.), of
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, usually supports local organizations, but chose to make donations
to the American Red Cross for use in Haitian relief efforts.
MetroSouth Medical Center
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MetroSouth Medical Center, Blue Island, held a campaign to raise
donations for The Haitian Health Project, a humanitarian effort begun
shortly before the earthquake struck by a MetroSouth family practice
physician. Dr. Yves-Mario Piverger, who lived in Haiti for eight years, is
focused on efforts to replace durable medical equipment such as ultrasound
and electrocardiogram machines that were destroyed in the disaster. He is
currently caring for the injured in Haiti.
OSF Healthcare System
Provena Health
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Provena Health is supporting relief efforts at the system level and
through their hospitals. Multiple fundraising initiatives are taking place and
donations of supplies, medication and other needs have been sent to Haiti, along
with medical volunteers from
Provena St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee.
Roseland Community Hospital
- Physicians from
Roseland Community Hospital,
Chicago hosted a session with the director of IDPH and other local hospitals
to make recommendations for potential assistance in Haiti.
SwedishAmerican Health System
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SwedishAmerican Health System, Rockford, is involved in a variety of
initiatives to provide food, medical supplies and personnel. Kindergarten
children in the system's Child Care Center have selected a Haitian orphanage
to sponsor and are collecting money and various items.
Trinity Regional Health System
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Trinity Regional Health System,
Rock Island, and other affiliates of Iowa Health System have donated more
than $30,000 in medical supplies, surgical scrubs, bottled water and other
goods to the Haitian relief efforts.
University of Chicago Medical Center
- Medical professionals in trauma-related
fields from the
University of Chicago Medical Center are
in Haiti in partnership with a non-governmental organization based in the
region. More than 100 professionals have volunteered and will continue to
provide coverage on a rotating basis. The medical center also will match gifts by medical center and
university employees, faculty and students to the Haiti disaster relief fund
up to a total of $250,000.
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