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• The University of Chicago Medical Center is a teaching hospital based in Hyde Park on the campus of the University of Chicago.University of Chicago Medical Center: Facts It includes the Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital, Chicago Lying-in Hospital, University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

• Fast Facts

  1. Location: Chicago, Illinois
  2. Founded: October 31, 1927
  3. Not-for-profit hospital.
  4. Religious affiliation: None.
  5. University affiliation: University of Chicago
  6. 596 bedsUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: Facts

• Notable Departments

  1. Comer Children's Hospital.
  2. Brain Tumor Center
  3. Burn Center
  4. International Adoption Center

• Election 2008

  The hospital's practice of referring less critically ill patients to neighborhood clinics, instead of treating them in the emergency room became a campaign topic in the presidential election of 2008. Michelle Obama, wife of democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama had reportedly been a driving force behind the initiative while a vice-president at the medical center. Republican representative Charles Grassley accused the hospital of "...culling the least profitable patients from its emergency room."Washington Post: Grassley Seeks Information About Hospital... (Sept. 3, 2008)

• History

  The University of Chicago was founded in 1892. In 1898 the school became affiliated with Rush Medical College, and plans began for the construction of the medical center. The original cost of the University of Chicago Medical Center was estimated to be $5.3 million when construction of the facility began in 1916. However, due to World War I, construction was delayed. By the time it was completed in 1927, the actual cost was approximately 5 times the original estimate.University of Chicago Medical Center: History

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