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Closed Clinics

Photo: Courtesy of Cook County Health
Posted inActivism

County Budget Downgrades ER Services and Closes South Side Clinics

by Yiwen Lu November 27, 2020January 20, 2021

he 2021 Cook County budget closed a shortfall of more than $400 million with funds from the county’s general reserve, eliminations of vacant jobs, more than a hundred layoffs in the Cook County Health (CCH) system, clinic closures, and restructuring of county-run hospitals. The budget will close two South Side clinics—the Near South Clinic and […]

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