Public hearing likely before St. Therese, Victory deal.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November, 2004 | by Ahern, Sheila

Byline: Sheila Ahern Daily Herald Staff Writer Plans to close St. Therese Medical Center and merge it with Victory Memorial Hospital will be submitted to a state planning board this month, a spokeswoman for the company that owns both hospitals said. New services would be added to Victory, 1324 N.

Sheridan Road in Waukegan, after the merger. The plan calls for an inpatient mental health unit at Victory along with rehabilitation services and physical, occupational and speech therapy. Victory's emergency department would also be renovated and expanded, and the hospital would apply for Level II trauma status. Some employees will be let go because of the merger. Christy Beckmann, spokeswoman for Vista Health, which owns both hospitals, did not say how many or...