St James plans major ER renovation in Chicago Heights
St James Hospital and Health Centers in Chicago Heights will expand and renovate its Emergency Room in a 2.1 million project set to start Thursday and finish in spring or summer 1996. The redesign adds exam areas and imaging rooms, enlarges waiting areas, improves privacy, and relocates corridors and ambulance access to boost security and patient flow. The ER now handles about 32,000 visits annually, up from about 25,000 designed capacity, with 25 to 40 percent of visitors not in true emergencies. The decontamination room will stay and be used for general care and isolation cases. pediatric space will gain a larger private area.
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St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
St. James
Scot Anderson
Anderson
GSU to gain self government under new state plan
The House approved restructuring of Illinois higher education, replacing the Board of Governors with local boards at Governors State University and four other schools, shifting two boards to local control and moving one school to the University of Illinois. The vote was 66 to 48 with party lines, and the measure now heads to the Senate. Governor Edgar is expected to sign into law on the fast track.
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Springfield
Governors State University
Illinois
House
Board of Governors
GSU
Board of Regents
University of Illinois
Mike Weaver
Charleston
Jim Edgar
Bill Balthis
Lansing
Flora Ciarlo
Steger
Brent Hassert
Lemont
Maureen Murphy
Evergreen Park
Jack O’connor
Palos Heights
Larry Wennlund
New Lenox
Ed Zabrocki
Tinley Park
Anne Zickus
Palos Hills
Tom Dart
Chicago
Arline Fantin
Calumet City
Harold Murphy
Markham
Phil Novak
Bradley
Wennlund
Novak
Governors State
Paula Wolff
U of I
Stanley Ikenberry
Art Turner
Weaver
Turner
Cook County
Illinois State
Chicago State
Senate
Bloom Hall of Fame to induct seven this year
Seven Bloom High School graduates will join 61 Hall of Fame members in ceremonies in October. The seven were chosen for outstanding contributions to professions and communities. Recipients include Dr John Block, Dr Susan Bourque, State Sen Aldo DeAngelis, Dr Thomas DeBolt, Robert J Hirsch, Dr Robert Wald, and Rev Forrest Zander from diverse fields.
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Bloom Hall of Fame
Bloom High School
Chicago Heights
John Block
Greenville
S.C
Block
Furman University
Susan C. Bourque
Florence
Mass
Bourque
Smith College
Northampton
Aldo DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
DeAngelis
U.S. Department of Education
Robert J. Hirsch
Crete
Ill
Hirsch
Prairie State College
Hirsch Funeral Homes
Robert M. Wald
Whittier
Calif
Wald
Wald Consulting Group
Bloom
Ron Patton
David Brauer
Dorothy Dill
Marvin Gavin
Baron Herr
William McCormick
Leitha Paulsen
Steve Racz
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Bob Kustra
Doug Hoeft
Elgin
Interstate News Service
Bagel Bakery & Deli
Homewood
Chicagoland
Elmwood Park
Hickory Hills
Oak Lawn
Westmont
Glen Ellyn
Roosevelt Rd
Sese
Morton Grove
Egies
Vaatch
American National Bank
Aarp
Volun
Teers
FDIC
Ofron Smtunamre
Chicago Road
LaGrange Road
Mokena
W. Lincoln Hwy
Naturalizer
Roslyn
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