Loyola University Medical Center
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| Loyola University Medical Center | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Maywood, Illinois, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private, Medicaid, Medicare |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Loyola University Chicago |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 569 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.loyolamedicine.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
The Loyola University Medical Center is a quaternary-care system with a 61-acre (250,000 m2) main medical center campus in the western suburbs of Chicago. The medical center campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles (21 km) west of the Chicago Loop and 8 miles (13 km) east of Oak Brook, Illinois. The heart of the medical center campus, Loyola University Hospital, is a 569 licensed-bed facility. It houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, and the Ronald McDonald® Children's Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center as well as the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, the LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness. Loyola's Gottlieb campus in Melrose Park includes the 264 licensed-bed community hospital, the Gottlieb Health & Fitness Center and the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Care Center. Loyola University Health System has been a member of Trinity Health since July 2011.
Loyola University Medical Center has made news for delivering two of the smallest babies to ever survive. The record for the smallest premature baby to survive was broken in September 2004 by Rumaisa Rahman, who was born at Loyola at 25 weeks' gestation. At birth, she was 8 inches (20 cm) long and weighed 8.6 oz. (244 g). The previous record, also achieved by Loyola, was held for some time by Madeline Mann, who was born at 26 weeks weighing 9.9 oz. (280 g) and measuring 9.5 inches (24.13 cm).
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