John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (CBS File Photo)
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County health clinics will be closed Friday for a county “shutdown day” — the second of five this year aimed at cutting costs.
The only exception will be the urgent-care walk-in clinic at Fantus Health Center.
More Cook County shutdown days are scheduled for July 1, Sept. 2 and Nov. 25.
Friday’s closings will affect all 16 county clinics, the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, facilities for the Cook County Department of Public Health and all hospital-based specialty clinics.
The emergency rooms at Stroger, Provident and Oak Forest hospitals will remain open.
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This sounds like a good way to at least try to help with the economy. Most of the people who use these clinics are not paying into the system any way.
May 27, 2011 at 9:24 am