OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center is a

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, USA. The hospital was founded on January 19, 1930, by the

Sisters of the Little Company of Mary The Little Company of Mary is a Roman Catholic religious institute of women (also referred to as the Blue Sisters) dedicated to caring for the suffering, the sick and the dying. The order was founded in 1877 in Nottingham, England by Venerable Mar ...

and serves much of the southwest side of

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. On October 17, 2019,

OSF HealthCare OSF HealthCare is a not-for-profit Catholic health care organization that operates a medical group, hospital system, and other health care facilities in Illinois and Michigan. Headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, OSF HealthCare is owned and operate ...

signed a merger agreement with Little Company of Mary Hospital. The merger took place on February 1, 2020. The first

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was performed in Little Company of Mary Hospital in 1950 on a 44-year-old woman who had

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Deaths

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(1911–1972).

References

External links

Little Company of Mary Hospital Official Website
Hospital buildings completed in 1930 Hospitals in Illinois Evergreen Park, Illinois Hospitals in Cook County, Illinois {{Illinois-hospital-stub