UChicago Trauma Center Reduced Travel Time for Shooting Victims, Saving Lives: Study

Source WTTW
Original Load Date March 5, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Last Updated March 5, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Original URL https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/05/uchicago-trauma-center-reduced-travel-time-shooting-victims-saving-lives-study

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More than 38,000 patients. That’s how many people the University of Chicago Level 1 Trauma Center has served since it opened in 2018 — filling a so-called “trauma desert” on the South Side that had existed since the 1991 closure of Michael Reese Hospital’s trauma center in Bronzeville. Nearly eigh...