‘Where do they go?’ What West Side patients face after their hospital closes.

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date July 11, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated July 11, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/07/11/where-do-they-go-what-west-side-patients-face-after-another-hospital-closes-west-suburban-medical-center

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Shantis Johnson gently grabs her round belly, bulging with twins due in August, and wishes she could deliver them at West Suburban Medical Center, where her other children were born. “Once you know home, it’s home,” says Johnson, 38. “West Suburban was home to me.” She lives in the same house wher...