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Provident Hospital (Chicago)

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Funding
  
Public hospital

Phone
  
+1 312-572-2000

Hospital type
  
Community, Teaching

Provident Hospital (Chicago)

Location
  
550 E. 51st Street Chicago, Illinois, USA

Affiliated university
  
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Midwestern University

Network
  
Cook County Bureau of Health Services

Founded
  
1891 as Provident Hospital and Training School Reopened in 1993 as Provident Hospital of Cook County

Address
  
500 E 51st St, Chicago, IL 60615, USA

Hours
  
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Affiliated universities
  
Midwestern University, Loyola University Chicago

Similar
  
Kindred Chicago Central H, Loretto Hospital, Hartgrove Hospital, Kindred Hospital Chicago, Norwegian American Hospital

Provident Hospital, the first African-American owned and operated hospital in America, was established in Chicago in 1891 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African American surgeon during the time in American history where few public or private medical facilities were open to black Americans. It was founded to provide health care and medical training. Its initial officers were president John M. Brown, vice president Richard Mason Hancock, treasurer John T. Jenifer, secretary Louis H. Reynolds, and auditor Lloyd D. Wheeler Though the historic Provident Hospital was forced to close in 1987 due to financial difficulties, it reopened in 1993 as part of Cook County's Bureau of Health Services to provide services to residents of Chicago's south side. It is now known as Provident Hospital of Cook County. Alton Abraham, the social entrepreneur associated with Sun Ra worked here.

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