Little Company of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park)

Little Company of Mary Hospital
Geography
Location Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States
Coordinates 41°43′17″N 87°41′35″W / 41.72145°N 87.69294°W / 41.72145; -87.69294Coordinates: 41°43′17″N 87°41′35″W / 41.72145°N 87.69294°W / 41.72145; -87.69294
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university None
History
Founded 1930
Links
Website www.lcmh.org
Lists Hospitals in Illinois

Little Company of Mary Hospital is a hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. The hospital was founded on January 19, 1930 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary.[1]

The first human organ transplant (kidney) was performed here in 1950 on a 44-year-old woman who suffered from polycystic kidney disease.[2][3]

Deaths

References

  1. Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL
  2. Brambila, Nicole C. (2011-08-01). "Kidney transplant pioneer James West dies in Palm Desert". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL
  4. Alden Whitman (January 28, 1972). "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer and a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-15. Mahalia Jackson, who rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer, died of a heart seizure yesterday in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb.


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