Slow hospital transfers are costing lives in Illinois, study finds
A new study from a Northwestern trauma surgeon found that up to 34% of critically injured patients who show up at a hospital ...
Family of patient found frozen on Waukegan hospital roof sues: 'We will get justice for Chelsea'
Chelsea Adolphus died of hypothermia after being on a hospital's roof for nearly seven hours in below-freezing temperatures wearing only a hospital gown. The suit alleges negligence and medical ...
‘Death trap’: Woman died with 50-degree body temperature after being trapped on hospital roof for 7 hours, lawsuit says
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, left her hospital room at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan around 2 a.m. Jan. 23 and somehow made ...
Coroner blasts Illinois hospital after patient gets locked on roof and dies
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, died on Thursday after getting locked out on the roof of the Vista Medical Center in Waukegan.