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ILLINOIS TRAUMA CENTERS USE SHARE OF TRAFFIC FINES
FROM STATE TO HELP CARE FOR CRITICALLY INJURED
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health has distributed $4.6 million to 63 Illinois hospitals with state-designated trauma centers to help with the cost of providing treatment to critically injured patients. Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, today announced.
The funds are generated by a $5 surcharge on traffic fines of $55 or higher and a $100 fine imposed on convictions or orders of supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The money collected is deposited in the Trauma Center Fund and the Department annually awards about half of the receipts to hospital trauma centers in the geographic region where the traffic violation occurred. The amount each hospital receives from the regional share is based on the number of trauma patients for whom the hospital provides care.
The Illinois Department of Public Aid is allotted an equal amount from the special fund and distributes money to trauma centers based on the number of trauma patients cared for by the hospital who are covered by Medicaid.
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 about $38 million to the state’s trauma centers from the Trauma Center Fund.
The following are the hospitals and the amount of funding each received:
Alexian Brothers Medical Center |
Elk Grove Village |
$54,465.46 |
Blessing Hospital |
Quincy |
$68,091.15 |
Brokaw/Mennonite Hospitals |
Normal |
$66,947.88 |
Carle Foundation Hospital |
Urbana |
$154,430.95 |
Central DuPage Hospital |
Winfield |
$43,581.12 |
Children's Memorial Hospital |
Chicago |
$21,400.90 |
Christ Hospital |
Oak Lawn |
$262,577.60 |
Condell Medical Center |
Libertyville |
$66,172.23 |
Cook County Hospital |
Chicago |
$188,648.43 |
Cook County Hospital-Pediatric |
Chicago |
$14,670.56 |
Delnor-Community Hospital |
Geneva |
$35,369.75 |
Edward Hospital Assn. |
Naperville |
$38,171.74 |
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital |
Elmhurst |
$63,853.19 |
Evanston Northwestern Health |
Evanston |
$63,260.70 |
Galesburg Cottage Hospital |
Galesburg |
$28,294.24 |
Glenbrook Hospital/Evanston NW Health |
Glenview |
$52,560.37 |
Glenoaks Medical Center |
Glendale Heights |
$12,998.83 |
Good Samaritan Hospital |
Downers Grove |
$103,579.15 |
Good Shepherd Hospital |
Barrington |
$40,796.05 |
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital |
Melrose Park |
$23,228.06 |
Highland Park Hospital |
Highland Park |
$43,189.51 |
Hinsdale Hospital |
Hinsdale |
$22,683.79 |
Holy Family Medical Center |
Des Plaines |
$22,718.12 |
Illini Hospital |
Silvis |
$26,747.35 |
Illinois Masonic Medical Center |
Chicago |
$101,944.94 |
LaGrange Memorial Hospital |
LaGrange |
$25,384.31 |
Lake Forest Hospital |
Lake Forest |
$16,392.33 |
Loyola University |
Maywood |
$224,445.80 |
Lutheran General Hospital |
Park Ridge |
$261,312.59 |
MacNeal Memorial Hospital |
Berwyn |
$37,557.79 |
Memorial Medical Center |
Springfield |
$32,939.40 |
Memorial Medical Center |
Woodstock |
$28,648.09 |
Mercy Center for Health Care |
Aurora |
$24,412.79 |
Methodist Medical Center |
Peoria |
$44,804.63 |
Morris Hospital |
Morris |
$12,872.75 |
Mt. Sinai Hosp. Medical Center |
Chicago |
$145,637.13 |
Northern Illinois Medical Center |
McHenry |
$54,703.38 |
Northwest Community Hospital |
Arlington Heights |
$47,959.46 |
Northwestern Memorial Hospital |
Chicago |
$43,702.66 |
Passavant Hospital |
Jacksonville |
$3,195.61 |
Riverside Medical Center |
Kankakee |
$35,931.67 |
Rockford Memorial Hospital |
Rockford |
$129,982.32 |
Rush North Shore Medical Center |
Skokie |
$30,554.51 |
Rush-Copley Medical Center |
Aurora |
$26,622.97 |
Sherman Hospital |
Elgin |
$37,458.18 |
Silver Cross Hospital |
Joliet |
$51,055.07 |
St. Alexius Medical Center |
Hoffman Estates |
$36,950.33 |
St. Anthony's Medical Center |
Rockford |
$146,882.38 |
St. Francis Hospital |
Evanston |
$91,912.38 |
St. Francis Medical Center |
Peoria |
$218,264.98 |
St. James Hospital & Health Center |
Olympia Fields |
$66,465.10 |
St. John's Hospital |
Springfield |
$141,590.26 |
St. Joseph Hospital |
Elgin |
$24,262.52 |
St. Joseph Medical Center |
Bloomington |
$59,005.13 |
St. Joseph Medical Center |
Joliet |
$72,031.44 |
St. Mary's Hospital |
East St. Louis |
$494,068.12 |
St. Mary's Hospital |
Kankakee |
$21,139.25 |
St. Mary's Medical Center |
Galesburg |
$41,282.07 |
St. Therese Medical Center |
Waukegan |
$49,669.65 |
SwedishAmerican Hospital |
Rockford |
$59,789.85 |
Trinity Medical Center |
Rock Island |
$94,881.80 |
United Samaritans Medical Center |
Danville |
$38,607.74 |
University of Chicago Hospital |
Chicago |
$7,756.91 |
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