In an article by Dr. Cory Franklin, director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Cook County Hospital (Op-Ed, March 22), Dr. Franklin attempted to make a case for not replacing Cook County Hospital.

Provident Hospital of Cook County is transferring several patients amid air conditioning issues in the building, a spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.

Cook County plans new Provident Hospital — building on history of ‘iconic South Side institution’ The proposed new hospital will include 42 medical and surgical beds, six beds in the ...

Betty Gregorio, 21, a graduate nurse, reads one of the charts at the end of a patient’s bed March 18, 1947, at Cook County Hospital. Gregorio and another nurse cared for 87 beds in their ward.

The 102-year-old building is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, but has been vacant for years. A private development team is investing $135 million in the project.

The restoration of Cook County Hospital’s long-vacant main building is shifting into high gear after a newly issued construction permit estimated at $90 million. The work will transform the ...

Chicago's 342,000-sf Cook County Hospital building, completed in 1914, sat vacant since 2002 and had fallen into a severe state of disrepair. The building was under threat of being demolished before ...

Patients, staff and medical personnel in a Washington Park hospital are coping with steamy conditions Monday afternoon as ...

Until last year, Cook County General Hospital sat vacant for 17 years. As redevelopment plans fizzled, graffiti from squatters began to turn up inside the 1.2-million-sq-ft building once known as ...