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Why Don’t We Have A Level I Or Level II Trauma Center In The South Suburbs? Forum Sunday

John Ostenburg

By John A. Ostenburg
Mayor, Park Forest, IL

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Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The nearest Level I Trauma Center is located at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. Because of the high demand on the Emergency Room there, it often is on "over-ride," which means paramedics must transport South Suburban emergency-need patients to Stroger Hospital or further. This poses a nearly impossible task for paramedics and other health service providers to assure emergency patients the care they need…

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