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Black Security Guard Accuses Christ Hospital Of Racism
OAK LAWN, Ill. (CBS) — It’s one of the busiest hospitals in our area, known for helping people and saving lives, but an employee at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn claims the hospital is...
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Christ Hospital Honors Survivors Of Life-Threatening Conditions
OAK LAWN, Ill. (CBS) — They beat long odds to make it through life-threatening medical problems. Today at Advocate Christ Medical Center, five survivors were the guests of honor at an awards luncheon....
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Doctor: Daylight Saving Time Carries Health Risks
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago area sleep specialist said Daylight Saving Time should be eliminated, but since that’s unlikely, he offered some coping suggestions for when clocks “spring forward” this...
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Christ Hospital Lauds Success Of New Heart Pump
Patient Says New Heart Pump Turned His Life Around WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago area hospital said it’s having success with a new heart pump it’s testing. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine...
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Neurologist: Chess A Brain-Builder For All Ages
(CBS) — No matter what your age, a Chicago area neurologist says chess offers a way to improve your brain. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports researchers long have said the cognitive skills...
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Lawsuit: Nurse At Advocate Christ Initiated Sex With Heart Patient
CHICAGO (CBS) — A lawsuit has been filed against Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn over the alleged sexual advances by a nurse on a heart patient. Unwanted Contact With Patient?WBBM...
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Some Hospitals Impose Visiting Restrictions During Busy Flu Season
(CBS) — Got the sniffles? Feeling achy? Could be the flu. Cases are on the increase, and they’re showing up earlier this year. In fact, in Illinois, the Department of Public Health says confirmed cases...
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Super Sunday Surprise For Hammond Woman: A New Kidney
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 40-year-old Hammond woman got good news and bad news on Super Bowl Sunday; and the good news more than made up for the bad. Antonette Sloan got a call late Sunday morning, as she and...
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Oak Forest Woman Loses Son, But Gains Life
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Oak Forest woman was given the gift of new life, but it came with a tragic price. Rose Perry’s 24-year-old son, Ronald, died on May 16, after suffering a stroke, but he was an organ...
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Complicated Surgery Straightens Man’s Back Six Years After Breaking Spine
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man who broke his neck in an accident in 2009 has begun standing upright, and walking for the first time in years. Ronnell Booze spent years bent over at a 90-degree angle, in...
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South Side Trauma Center Plan ‘Still Not Enough’ For Some Activists
CHICAGO (CBS) — The University of Chicago’s plan to create an adult trauma center on the South Side might be a victory for advocates who have been demanding such a facility for years, but it’s not good...
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Inside Look At One Of Chicago Area’s Busiest Trauma Centers
(CBS) — You may have seen the new CBS drama, “Code Black.” How true to life, is the series? CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot spent an evening in one of the busiest emergency rooms in the Chicago area to see...
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Best Father’s Day Gift Of All: A New Lease On Life
CHICAGO (CBS) — This Father’s Day was one that a Homer Glen man is going to relish for the rest of his life. So will his family. While his family was eating hamburgers and Italian sausages on Father’s...
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Nurse Returns To Work At Hospital That Saved Her Life
(CBS) — It was 10 years ago when doctors and nurses at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn were able to save the life of a 16-year-old girl who came into the emergency room close to death. And...
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3 Men Shot While Sitting In Parked Vehicle In Longwood Manor
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three men were shot late Saturday while sitting in a parked vehicle in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side. The victims were sitting in a vehicle at 9:27 p.m. in the 9500...
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‘Persistent Donor,’ Man Receives Nickname After Organ Donation
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Yorkville man gained last week a nickname after donating one of his kidneys. Jason Regas became a living donor after learning a family friend was in desperate need of a kidney. After...
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Doctor Blocked From Returning To Chicago Sues Trump Over Travel Ban
CHICAGO (CBS) — A doctor at Advocate Christ Medical Center who traveled to the United Arab Emirates to get married has now been stranded by the Trump administration’s travel ban, and cannot return to...
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Doctor Originally Blocked From Returning To Chicago Cleared For Reentry
CHICAGO (CBS) – Two legal challenges to President Trump’s travel ban unfolded Wednesday in Chicago federal courtrooms. As CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole explains, one doctor who was stopped in Syria from...
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Doctor Back Home After Trump Travel Ban Stranded Him In Abu Dhabi
CHICAGO (CBS) — A smile of relief on his face, a Chicago area doctor is ready to resume his medical residency now that he’s back on U.S. soil, after he was delayed in Abu Dhabi amid President Donald...
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Toy Poodles Dropped Five Floors From Christ Hospital, 1 Dies
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police say an Oak Lawn man has been charged with two felony counts of animal cruelty for dropping two toy poodles off the top of a parking garage at Advocate Christ Medical Center on...
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Oak Lawn Man Held On $350K Bond For Animal Cruelty Charges
CHICAGO (CBS) — Bond is set at $350,000 for an Oak Lawn man accused of throwing two toy poodles off the top of a parking garage at Advocate Christ Medical Center on Saturday. CBS 2’s Mai Martinez was...
View ArticleNurse Saves Man Having Heart Attack During Workout
CHICAGO (CBS)–A nurse is being credited with saving the life of a man who had a heart attack while he was working out at the gym. Henry “Hank” Gnaidek, 66, was on the treadmill June 14 at his local gym...
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Doctors Reunite With Patients Saved Through Transplants
CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 200 people who have received heart and lung transplants and their families celebrated their second chances at life Thursday night. At a celebration in Oak Lawn doctors and...
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Person Dressed As Mailman Shoots Two Inside Roseland Home
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two people are in the hospital after someone dressed as a mailman shot them inside a home in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood, police say. The victims were inside when the person dressed...
View ArticleHospitals Must List Procedure Price Lists, But They’re Not Always Easy To...
CHICAGO (CBS) — How much would it cost to get a cast on your leg, or get an MRI? Effective Jan. 1, you should be able to tell just by going to the hospital’s website. However, CBS 2 Investigator...
View Article‘It’s Painful,’ Marlen Ochoa’s Family Seek Answers, Plans To Meet With...
CHICAGO (CBS)– Marlen Ochoa’s family said they are outraged and hurt that staff at Advocate Christ Medical Center did so little to confirm the identity of her infant, despite so many red flags when the...
View ArticleState Health Officials To Probe Christ Medical Center’s Handling Of Marlen...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Illinois Department Of Public Health is investigating how Advocate Christ Medical Center handled the Marlen Ochoa case. according to a department spokeswoman. “If there were...
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Documents From Advocate Christ Detail What Hospital Did Wrong In Case Of...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Documents released Friday detail what Advocate Christ Medical Center did wrong when a baby, cut from his mother’s womb, was taken there in April. The hospital was found in compliance...
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Death Of Marlen Ochoa’s Baby Ruled A Homicide
CHICAGO (CBS) — The death of Marlen Ochoa’s baby was ruled a homicide Saturday. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Yovanny Jadiel Lopez died from lack of oxygen to the brain. After...
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Marlen Ochoa’s Family Denounces Result Of Investigation Clearing Advocate...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The family of murdered pregnant teen Marlen Ochoa is denouncing the result of an investigation clearing Advocate Christ Medical Center of any wrongdoing. The Illinois Department of...
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All Three Suspects Plead Not Guilty In Marlen Ochoa Killing
CHICAGO (CBS)– The mother and daughter pair charged with the grisly murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa have pleaded not guilty, as has the man charged with helping them cover up the crime, but...
View ArticleState Investigating 4 Cases Of Legionnaires Disease From Advocate Christ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating four cases of Legionnaires’ disease linked to Advocate Christ Medical Center since 2018, including two people who were patients...
View ArticleMother On Gunman Who Shot Daughter 17 Times: ‘That Person Has Not Been Arrested’
CHICAGO (CBS) — A mother of four was shot 17 times and left for dead. Her family said it was all over a parking space. Lois Jones said her daughter was shot on July 13. She was on life support for five...
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Shooting Inside Store Leads To Standoff In Marquette Park, 1 In Custody
CHICAGO (CBS)– A man is in custody after police say he fired shots inside a J J Peppers Food Store before leading police to a standoff at his residence in Marquette Park Wednesday afternoon. An armed...
View ArticleMan In Disbelief After Requesting His Medical Records From Advocate Christ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Darnell Payne requested his medical records and got someone else’s – and now he wants to know why Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn is giving him the runaround. CBS 2’s Tara...
View ArticleER Doctor Starts ‘Chicago Trainers Cooperative’ To Help Employ Fitness Workers
CHICAGO (CBS)– A local ER doctor is helping fitness trainers get back to work. Dr. Theresa Schwab Ross works at Advocate Christ Medical Center, one of the busiest in the Chicago area, treating...
View ArticleAfter 3 Months In Hospital For COVID-19, And Multiple Near-Death Situations,...
CHICAGO (CBS) — After multiple near-death scares due to COVID-19, Hector Duenas is finally out of the hospital. CBS 2’s Jeremy Ross has more on the Burbank man’s health journey, including his trip back...
View ArticlePolice Arrive To Find Man Shot In Bedford Park
CHICAGO (CBS) – Bedford Park police are looking for information to a shooting Wednesday. Police said around 11:46 a.m., members of the Bedford Park Police Department heard gunshots coming from the 6400...
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Salute To Healthcare Workers Rally Kicks Off At Advocate Christ Medical Center
CHICAGO (CBS)– Advocate Christ Medical Center is honoring healthcare workers with a rally in Oak Lawn Friday morning. CBS 2’s Mary Kay Kleist talked with community members who are supporting 2,100...
View ArticleNearly A Year After Catching COVID, Long Hauler Still Struggling With...
CHICAGO (CBS) — We’ve learned a lot about the pain and frustration of COVID-19. It can take many, many days to get past the labored breathing, loss of taste and smell, headaches, and other symptoms....
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