Humboldt Park Health
Appearance
Norwegian American Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Humbolt Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Coordinates | 41°54′2.8″N 87°41′58.6″W / 41.900778°N 87.699611°W |
Organization | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | General |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
The Norwegian American Hospital is a nonprofit safety net hospital in Humboldt Park, Chicago.[1]
It has about 900 employees, of which about 350 are medical personnel.
It receives about $38 million a year from the Illinois Hospital Assessment Program which funds the Emergency Department, Wound Clinic, Cardiology, and the Comprehensive Diabetes Center.[2] It runs a pediatric mobile medical unit which is known as the Norwegian American Hospital Pediatric Care-A-Van, which is partly funded by the Children's Care Foundation.[3]
In July 2018 it reported that it had a serious problem with a shortage of morphine and other painkillers in the emergency room, which is run by US Acute Care Solutions.[4]
References
- ^ "DMC Huron Valley CEO honored". The Spinal Column. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Medicaid Cuts Pose Threat to Norwegian American Hospital". Lawndale News. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Norwegian American Hospital Brings Care-A-Van to Children in Need". Lawndale News. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Emergency Rooms Run Out of Vital Drugs, and Patients Are Feeling It". New York Times. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.