Illinois
Lurie Children’s Hospital named best children’s hospital in Illinois, though it again misses top 10 nationwide
Lurie Youngsters’s Hospital is the No. 1 youngsters’s hospital in Illinois, in keeping with U.S. Information & World Report, nevertheless it has once more missed rating among the many prime 10 establishments within the nation.
9 of Lurie’s pediatric specialties rank among the many prime 50 within the nation, in keeping with U.S. Information’ annual rankings launched Tuesday. Lurie, general, has not ranked among the many prime 10 youngsters’s hospitals nationally since 2018, and the report doesn’t assign general, nationwide rankings outdoors the highest 10 within the nation.
College of Chicago Drugs Comer Youngsters’s Hospital ranked because the second-best youngsters’s hospital in Illinois, and tied for 14th within the Midwest — up from nineteenth final yr. Advocate Youngsters’s Hospital notched third place in Illinois and tied for twenty first place within the Midwest — up from twenty third the yr earlier than.
Lurie tied for seventh-best youngsters’s hospital within the Midwest this yr, down from third final yr, in keeping with U.S. Information. That, nevertheless, is partly as a result of Lurie made an error in submitting knowledge for one in all its specialties, neurology and neurosurgery, and by the point the error was realized, it was too late to revise the rankings, mentioned Ben Tougher, managing editor and chief of well being evaluation at U.S. Information.
Dr. Derek Wheeler, Lurie’s chief medical officer, mentioned in an announcement that Lurie is “thrilled” to once more be No. 1 in Illinois and that it’s improved its rankings in a number of specialties. 4 Lurie specialties rank among the many prime 10 within the nation, with urology rating sixth, cardiology ninth, and most cancers and neonatology tenth.
“U.S. Information & World Report rankings can fluctuate dramatically based mostly on numbers of sufferers seen and that may have an effect on regional rankings,” Wheeler mentioned. “We stay centered on the outcomes that matter to our sufferers and households, a few of which aren’t utilized within the U.S. Information & World Report rankings.”
Dr. John Cunningham, pediatrician-in-chief at Comer, credited Comer’s transfer upward within the rankings to its nurses and medical doctors and the complexity of care it supplies, comparable to stem cell transplants for sufferers with circumstances comparable to sickle cell illness. He additionally famous that Comer’s Dr. Mohan Gundeti is a world-renowned professional on robotic surgical procedure for youngsters with urological problems. Comer ranked thirty first within the nation for urology. Comer’s most cancers, gastroenterology and neonatology specialties additionally ranked among the many prime 50 nationwide.
“We proceed to rent actually excellent individuals, actually excellent physicians and nurses,” Cunningham mentioned. “These have all helped us enhance our rating.”
At Advocate, one specialty, cardiology, ranked among the many prime 50 within the nation.
Hospitals have been ranked based mostly on knowledge and solutions they offered to a U.S. Information survey, in addition to surveys of pediatric specialists. They have been judged on measures together with mortality, an infection charges, well being fairness, scientific assets and compliance with greatest practices.
Nationwide, 119 hospitals submitted sufficient knowledge earlier this yr to be thought-about for rankings. U.S. Information then ranked the highest 50 youngsters’s hospitals in every of 10 specialties.
Quite a few organizations charge hospitals annually, all with completely different methodologies. Hospitals usually tout their scores in ads to attempt to entice extra sufferers and acquire an edge over their competitors. Specialists say sufferers ought to use rankings as only one issue when selecting hospitals.
The U.S. Information rankings goal to offer dad and mom extra details about hospitals as they make selections about the place their youngsters ought to obtain care, Tougher mentioned.
Many years in the past, Tougher mentioned one in all his family members was born with a congenital coronary heart situation and underwent surgical procedure for it as an toddler. However the hospital wasn’t effectively outfitted to cope with a affected person with that situation, and his relative ended up with lifelong mind injury because of this, he mentioned.
“Our purpose is to assist dad and mom and households make extra knowledgeable selections about the place to get care, relying on what the wants of their youngster are,” Tougher mentioned.
U.S. Information ranked Boston Youngsters’s Hospital as the highest youngsters’s hospital within the nation, adopted by Texas Youngsters’s Hospital and Cincinnati Youngsters’s Hospital Medical Middle.
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Illinois
One killed in southern Illinois crash involving a garbage truck
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jul. 07, 2024 | 04:58 PM
| WILLIAMSON COUNTY
A crash that involved a garbage truck shortly before noon Saturday in Hurst claimed one life.
The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says their preliminary investigation shows that a garbage truck was traveling south on Illinois 149, when the driver lost control and collided with an SUV traveling in the northbound lane.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene.
Names of those involved have not yet been released, and the accident reconstruction investigation is continuing.
Illinois
Police nab Colorado man who fled La Salle traffic stop
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A Colorado man who fled a La Salle traffic stop Saturday morning has been apprehended, the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office reported Sunday.
Details still are emerging, but Sheriff Adam Diss said Sunday he was alerted Austin Moon was apprehended on a bicycle near Interstate 80. Illinois state police troopers located him and placed him into custody.
Authorities have not released at this time what charges Moon may face. The charges are under review.
La Salle County sheriff’s deputies had issued an alert Saturday morning, asking for the public to watch for a white man who fled police during a stop on Interstate 80 near East Fifth Road (the Troy Grove blacktop). Nearby Rotary Park was closed to the public but was later reopened.
“The police department does not believe there is any threat to the public at this time,” the alert said.
Shaw Local News Network will update the story as more information becomes available.
Illinois
Illinois driver repeats as Gopher 50 champion
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(Editor’s note: This story will be updated later tonight with more details.)
SPRING VALLEY — The Gopher 50 charity Late Model race has been held in southeastern Minnesota for the past 42 years.
Only three times prior to Saturday had a driver won the prestigious race — promoted since its inception by the Blooming Prairie Lions Club — in consecutive years.
Make that four times.
Oakwood, Ill., Late Model driver Bobby Pierce left the 3/8-mile high-banked dirt track on Saturday night the same way he left it a year ago — $50,000 richer.
Saturday, Pierce beat a star-studded and talented field to win the Gopher 50 A Main and join Steve Kosiski (1981-82), Billy Moyer (2000-01) and Darrell Lanigan (2013-15) as the only drivers to win the main feature at the Gopher in consecutive years.
Brandon Sheppard (the 2019 Gopher 50 champion), Tyler Erb, Ryan Gustin and Nick Hoffman rounded out the top five finishers.
Rochester native Dustin Sorensen finished 11th, after starting 17th.
• Jake O’Neil captured the 35-lap USRA Modifieds A Main on Saturday night.
Hayfield’s Brandon Davis finished as the runner-up, while Jake Timm (Winona), Joe Chisholm (Osage, Iowa) and Rodney Sanders (Happy, Texas) rounded out the top five in the 30-car field.
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