Little Company of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park)

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OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center
OSF HealthCare
Geography
LocationEvergreen Park, Illinois, United States
Coordinates41°43′17″N 87°41′35″W / 41.72145°N 87.69294°W / 41.72145; -87.69294Coordinates: 41°43′17″N 87°41′35″W / 41.72145°N 87.69294°W / 41.72145; -87.69294
Organization
Care systemPrivate
TypeCommunity
Affiliated universityNone
History
Opened1930
Links
Websitewww.lcmh.org
ListsHospitals in Illinois

OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center is a hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. The hospital was founded on January 19, 1930 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary[1] and serves much of the southwest side of Chicago. On October 17, 2019, OSF HealthCare signed a merger agreement with Little Company of Mary Hospital. The merger took place on February 1, 2020.[2]

The first kidney transplant was performed in Little Company of Mary Hospital in 1950 on a 44-year-old woman who had polycystic kidney disease.[3][4]

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  1. ^ "OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center | Evergreen Park". www.osfhealthcare.org. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  2. ^ RevCycleIntelligence (2019-10-17). "OSF, Little Company of Mary Take Next Hospital Merger Step". RevCycleIntelligence. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  3. ^ Brambila, Nicole C. (2011-08-01). "Kidney transplant pioneer James West dies in Palm Desert". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  4. ^ Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL
  5. ^ Alden Whitman (January 28, 1972). "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer and a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-15. Mahalia Jackson, who rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer, died of a heart seizure yesterday in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb.

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