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Mayor Emanuel visits Sinai Children's Hospital
Chicago, 12/11/11 – The caregivers of Sinai Children's Hospital welcomed Mayor Rahm Emanuel as he visited patients in the Pediatric Unit, offering encouragement and best wishes for the upcoming holidays. The Mayor is visiting many Chicago hospital pediatric departments although he has a special connection with Sinai. He told nurses and physicians on the Pediatric Unit that as a boy he sometimes accompanied his father, a pediatrician, who made rounds at Mount Sinai Hospital caring for his hospitalized patients. Mayor Emanuel empathized with concerned parents, listened to children and talked about the future with teenagers.
About Sinai Health System
For over 90 years the hospitals and caregivers of Sinai Health System have provided medical care and social services to communities in west and south Chicago. Situated in a five square block area, the Sinai hospitals include Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Children's Hospital, and Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital offering general acute, specialty, and rehabilitation care and exceeding industry quality standards. Sinai Medical Group physicians see patients at the Touhy and Lawndale Plaza Clinics. Sinai Community Institute provides social service outreach for lifestyle issues that contribute to health while Sinai Urban Health Institute researches the prevalence of chronic disease in Chicago neighborhoods. Collectively these organizations and the caregivers who staff them support the Sinai vision of being the national model for delivery of urban health care. www.sinai.org.
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