Riverside Medical Center

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Riverside Medical Center
Riverside Healthcare
Riverside Medical Center
Geography
Location Kankakee, Illinois, United States
Coordinates 41°7′29.2″N87°52′53.3″W / 41.124778°N 87.881472°W / 41.124778; -87.881472
Organization
Funding Non-profit
Type Teaching, Community
Affiliated university Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Services
Emergency department Level II trauma center
Beds300 [1]
History
Opened1964
Links
Website www.riversidehealthcare.org/location/riverside-medical-center
Lists Hospitals in Illinois

Riverside Medical Center is a 300-bed teaching hospital located in Kankakee, Illinois. The hospital operates a Level II Trauma Center and a primary stroke center. [2] The hospital provides inpatient acute care and outpatient services. [3] Founded in 1964, the hospital is a part of Riverside Healthcare.

The hospital operates a number of residency training and fellowship programs for newly graduated physicians. [4] The residencies train physicians specializing in psychiatry and internal medicine, and the fellowships train physicians specializing in cardiology, interventional cardiology and gastroenterology. [4]

On March 19, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 infection in Kankakee was reported at Riverside Medical Center. [5] The following month, the hospital began onsite testing for COVID-19 infection. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Riverside Medical Center". American Hospital Directory.
  2. ↑ "Riverside Medical Center". Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care. Illinois Department of Public HealthJB.
  3. ↑ "Riverside Medical Center". Riverside Healthcare.
  4. 1 2 "Graduate Medical Education". Riverside Healthcare.
  5. ↑ Provost, Lee (March 19, 2020). "Kankakee Co.'s 1st COVID-19 case reported". Kankakee Daily Journal.
  6. ↑ Provost, Lee (April 22, 2020). "Riverside begins on-site COVID-19 testing". Kankakee Daily Journal.
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