Provident Hospital (Chicago)

Provident Hospital of Cook County (formerly Provident Hospital and Training School) is a public hospital in Chicago, Illinois that was founded as the first African-American-owned and operated hospital in America.[2][3] Provident was established in 1891 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American surgeon, during the time in American history where few medical facilities were open to African Americans. Always open to all ethnicities, it grew to become a teaching hospital for blacks and whites, but especially for African American doctors and nurses. In 1993, it became a public hospital and is now part of the Cook County public health system.

Provident Hospital of Cook County
Geography
Location550 E. 51st Street
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Organization
FundingPublic hospital
TypeCommunity, Teaching
Affiliated universityLoyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine[1] and Midwestern University
NetworkCook County Hospital System
Services
Public transit accessBus interchange CTA
Metro interchange  Green  51st
History
Opened1891 as Provident Hospital and Training School
Reopened in 1993 as Provident Hospital of Cook County
Closed1987–1993
Links
Websitewww.cookcountyhealth.org/locations/provident-hospital-of-cook-county/
ListsHospitals in Illinois

History

It was founded to provide health care and medical training. Its initial officers were president John M. Brown, vice president Richard Mason Hancock, treasurer John T. Jenifer, secretary Louis H. Reynolds, and auditor Lloyd Wheeler.[4]

Owned and run by African Americans, from its start Provident was open to all regardless of race.

"[It was] the first private hospital in the State of Illinois to provide internship opportunities for black physicians . . .[t]he first to establish a school of nursing to train black women . . . one of the first black hospitals to provide postgraduate courses and residencies for black physicians and the first black hospital approved by the American College of Surgeons for full graduate training in surgery. Provident also offered an important forum, a proving ground for ideas about black self determination and institutional survival."[5]

In 1893, the first documented heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Williams at Provident Hospital and Training School.

Though the historic Provident Hospital was forced to close in 1987 due to financial difficulties, it reopened in 1993 as part of Cook County Hospital System.[6] to provide services to residents of Chicago's South Side. Its reopening was due in part to a public campaign led by Chicago Defender publisher John Sengstacke.[7] It is now known as Provident Hospital of Cook County.[8]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. http://www.cchil.org/dom/provident.html#Loyola Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Affiliation with Loyola
  2. The Provident Foundation Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. National Library of Medicine. "History: Early medical education".
  4. In Lightest Africa, Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) July 31, 1892, page 33, accessed October 6, 2016 at https://web.archive.org/web/20161009123804/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6918104/in_lightest_africa_chicago_daily/
  5. "Provident Hospital: A Living Legacy". International Museum of Surgical Science. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  6. Cook County Bureau of Health Services Archived 2007-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Hope, Leah (2023-08-10). "Provident Hospital celebrates 30th anniversary, plans to expand". WLS. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  8. Provident Hospital of Cook County Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine It is currently being considered for closure by the Cook County Board of Health.
  9. "Michelle Obama's Chicago: 10 key locations - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune.

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