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Do You Live By One of the Safest Hospitals in Illinois?

Knowing you're in good hands if you have to be hospitalized helps with you having peace of mind. With that thought, here are the ten best hospitals in Illinois.

No one plans to get sick or need a visit to the hospital, but if you do, it’s good to know where you’ll receive the best care. A new list released by CosumerReports.org has named the safest hospitals in Illinois based on their abilities to avoid infections, readmissions, cesarean sections and surgery-adverse events.

Do you live near one of the 10 best? Or are you near one of the 10 worst? For your future health, this is important information to know.

We've got you covered with the 10 best and 10 worst hospitals in Illinois.

Hospitals are places of joy with childbirth, and sorrow with illness and death. But one of the most tragic instances in hospitals are gunshot victims, especially young ones. And in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, there were far too many gunshot victims - 82 of them.

Take our survey on what Chicago should do to help curb the violence.

This article appears on all Patch Chicago sites. The views expressed in this post are those of Reboot Illinois and do not reflect those of Patch or its editors.

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