October 31, 1995

TRAUMA CENTERS AWARDED FUNDS FOR SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT CARE

SPRINGFIELD, IL -- The Illinois Department of Public Health has distributed $1.4 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 through a $5 surcharge imposed in 1993 on moving violation fines that amount to $55 or more. The money is deposited in the Trauma Center Fund and the Department annually awards the funds to hospital trauma centers in the geographic region where the traffic violations occur. The amount each hospital receives from their regional share is based on the number of trauma patients the hospital serves.

The Illinois Department of Public Aid collects a like 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 $3.7 million to trauma centers.

Following are the trauma centers and the amount of funding each received:

• Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village $25,076
• Blessing Hospital, Quincy $23,560
• Brokaw/Mennonite Hospital, Normal $14,417
• Carle Foundation, Urbana $33,536
• Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield $13,885
• Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago $19,929
• Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn $66,445
• Condell Medical Center, Libertyville $12,976
• Cook County Hospital, Chicago $28,724
• Copley Memorial Hospital, Aurora $13,509
• Delnor Community Hospital, Geneva $12,327
• Edward Hospital, Naperville $8,445
• Evanston Hospital, Evanston $13,146
• Galesburg Cottage Hospital, Galesburg $3,678
• Glen Oaks Medical Center, Glendale Heights $4,507
• Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview $9,236
• Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove $13,626
• Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington $12,158
• Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park $5,388
• Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park $9,179
• Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale $3,627
• Hoffman Estates Medical Center, Hoffman Estates $22,543
• Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines $13,340
• Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago $60,790
• LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange $7,461
• Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest $7,366
• Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood $24,869
• Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge $59,946
• MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn $984
• Memorial Hospital, Woodstock $9,963
• Memorial Medical Center, Springfield $8,927
• Mercy Center for Health Care, Aurora $16,549
• Methodist Medical Center, Peoria $14,594
• Morris Hospital, Morris $12,467
• Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago $115,437
• Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry $24,316
• Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights $22,121
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago $46,789
• Olympia Fields Osteopathic Med. Center, Olympia Fields $18,060
• Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights $15,297
• Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville $6,810
• Pekin Memorial Hospital, Pekin $2,610
• Proctor Community Hospital, Peoria $1,009
• Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee $12,130
• Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford $28,567
• Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie $8,160
• Sherman Hospital, Elgin $23,134
• Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet $21,969
• South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest $ 5,458
• St. Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford $18,918
• St. Francis Hospital, Evanston $18,189
• St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria $44,256
• St. James Hospital Medical Center, Chicago Heights $19,745
• St. John's Hospital, Springfield $40,401
• St. Joseph's Hospital, Elgin $13,762
• St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet $10,310
• St. Joseph's Medical Center, Bloomington $11,153
• St. Mary's Hospital, East St. Louis $150,975
• St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg $13,644
• St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee $15,904
• St. Therese Medical Center, Waukegan $10,596
• SwedishAmerican Hospital, Rockford $13,220
• Trinity Health Enterprise, Moline $35,772
• United Samaritans, Danville $ 4,234
• University of Chicago, Chicago $14,001

Illinois Department of Public Health 535 West Jefferson Street Springfield, Illinois 62761 Phone 217-782-4977 Fax 217-782-3987 TTY 800-547-0466 Questions or Comments