| 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...