| September 19, 2001
IDPH AWARDS TRAUMA CENTERS A SHARE OF TRAFFIC FINES
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Public Health has
distributed $4.1 million to Illinois hospitals with state-designated trauma
care centers to assist with the cost of providing care to severely injured
patients, Dr. John R. Lumpkin, state public health director, today announced.
The funds are generated by a $5 surcharge imposed since 1993 on moving
violation fines that amount to $55 or more and a $30 surcharge on convictions
or orders of supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
that was added in 1994.
The money collected is deposited in the Trauma Center Fund and the
Department annually awards the receipts to hospital trauma centers in the
geographic region where the traffic violations occurred. The amount each
hospital receives from the regional share is based on the number of trauma
patients to whom the hospital provides care.
The Illinois Department of Public Aid collects an equal amount from the
special fund and allocates money to trauma centers based on the number of
Medicaid trauma patients for whom the hospital cares.
To be eligible for the funds, a hospital must be designated a Level I or
Level II trauma center by the Department of Public Health. Since 1993, the
Department of Public Health has distributed $24 million to trauma centers.
The following are the hospitals and the amount of funding each received:
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove
Village |
$ 54,195 |
| Blessing Hospital, Quincy |
50,048 |
| BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal |
36,398 |
| Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana |
150,244 |
| Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield |
43,615 |
| Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago |
25,183 |
| Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn |
298,191 |
| Condell Medical Center, Libertyville |
55,059 |
| Cook County Hospital, Chicago |
235,055 |
| Delnor Community Hospital, Geneva |
33,026 |
| Edward Hospital, Naperville |
40,529 |
| Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst |
67,105 |
| Evanston Hospital, Evanston |
73,260 |
| Galesburg Cottage Hospital, Galesburg |
22,750 |
| Glen Oaks Medical Center, Glendale Heights |
11,525 |
| Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview |
38,914 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove |
80,184 |
| Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington |
24,509 |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park |
22,004 |
| Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park |
53,222 |
| Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale |
13,434 |
| Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines |
19,295 |
| Illini Hospital, Silvis |
25,864 |
| Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago |
123,745 |
| LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange |
19,221 |
| Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest |
16,889 |
| Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood |
57,311 |
| Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge |
252,120 |
| MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn |
24,106 |
| Memorial Medical Center, Springfield |
103,251 |
| Memorial Medical Center, Woodstock |
25,542 |
| Mercy Center for Health Care Services, Aurora
|
26,002 |
| Methodist Medical Center, Peoria |
32,869 |
| Morris Hospital, Morris |
10,109 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago |
158,257 |
| Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry |
49,699 |
| Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights
|
48,337 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago |
124,532 |
| Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center,
Olympia Fields |
51,930 |
| Passavant Area Hospital, Jacksonville |
2,401 |
| Proctor Community Hospital, Peoria |
15,062 |
| Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee |
35,708 |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford |
75,723 |
| Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie |
3,811 |
| Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora |
22,595 |
| Sherman Hospital, Elgin |
34,811 |
| Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet |
37,565 |
| St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates |
28,433 |
| St. Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford |
95,786 |
| St. Francis Hospital, Evanston |
102,133 |
| St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria |
180,086 |
| St. John's Hospital, Springfield |
36,527 |
| St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin |
21,849 |
| St. Joseph Hospital, Joliet |
109,862 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington |
28,441 |
| St. Mary's Hospital, East St. Louis |
399,406 |
| St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee |
26,686 |
| St. Mary's Medical Center, Galesburg |
25,807 |
| St. Therese Medical Center, Waukegan |
60,921 |
| SwedishAmerican Hospital, Rockford |
84,101 |
| Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island |
59,128 |
| United Samaritan Medical Center, Danville |
17,032 |
| University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago |
40,417 |
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| TOTAL |
$4,141,820 |
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