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System CEO Dr. Ram Raju talks about the importance of organ and tissue donation with Secretary of State Jesse White and Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele among assembled speakers

Urging Residents to Become Organ Donors

April 11, 2013 - 10:30 AM Tagged with: National Donate Life Month

CHICAGO – Cook County Health System Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ram Raju and Secretary of State Jesse White urged all Cook County residents to join the effort of Organ/Tissue Donor Registry. Currently, there are more than 5.2 million people registered… [Read More]

April is National Minority Health Month

April 4, 2013 Tagged with: National Minority Health Month

In April, National Minority Health Month is commemorated by raising awareness about health disparities that persist, affecting racial and ethnic minorities. Health Disparities are the differences in rates of disease, health outcomes and access to healthcare found between different groups… [Read More]

March is National Nutrition Month

March 5, 2013 Tagged with: Food and Drug Administration

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, contributing to the increasing prevalence and costs of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke felt in communities all across the nation. The Food and Drug Administration recently revamped its food guidelines, focusing… [Read More]

March is National Kidney Month

March 19, 2013 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Kidney Screening Day, sponsored by the Stroger Hospital’s Department of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois (NKFI – www.nkfi.org). All screenings are free and will include blood sugar, blood pressure and urinalysis. All participants will have the opportunity… [Read More]

Go Red Day is Friday, February 1, 2013

February 1, 2013 Tagged with: Go Red Day, National American Heart Health Month

CHICAGO-The Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) officials and staff are asking residents to join them in recognizing February 1, 2013 as “Wear Red Day” in honor of 2013 National Heart Health Month. All residents of Cook County are… [Read More]

Cook County Health System Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2013 Tagged with: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ “The time is always right to do what is right.” “I have… [Read More]

Cook County Holds as Flu Outbreak Overwhelms Area Hospitals

January 9, 2013 Tagged with: flu outbreak

WGN TV Checks in with Cook County Emergency Medical Staff as area hospitals remain on bypass.

Outbreak has ERs full of flu patients

January 7, 2013

January 7, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) – The flu outbreak is so widespread in Chicago that emergency rooms are full of patients seeking treatment. Doctors are so busy ambulance drivers are told to bypass eight area hospitals if there’s time to safely… [Read More]

Increasing Influenza-like Illness Activity in Suburban Cook County

December 19, 2012

Increasing influenza-like illness activity in Suburban Cook County Public Health officials recommend that you give the gift of health by adding a flu vaccine to your final shopping list this holiday season. Everyone six months of age and older should… [Read More]

Cook County Health System Celebrates 10th Anniversary of John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

December 12, 2012 Tagged with: Hospital, John H. Stroger

Cook County Health and Hospitals System Announces 10th Anniversary of John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Cook County Health and Hospitals System Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ram Raju today celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of… [Read More]

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