Provident Hospital (Chicago)

Provident Hospital of Cook County
Map
Geography
Location550 E. 51st Street
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Organization
FundingPublic hospital
TypeCommunity, Teaching
Affiliated universityLoyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine[1] and Midwestern University
NetworkCook County Hospital System
Services
Public transit accessBus interchange CTA
Metro interchange  Green  51st
History
Opened1891 as Provident Hospital and Training School
Reopened in 1993 as Provident Hospital of Cook County
Closed1987–1993
Links
Websitewww.cookcountyhealth.org/locations/provident-hospital-of-cook-county/
ListsHospitals in Illinois

Provident Hospital of Cook County (formerly Provident Hospital and Training School) is a public hospital in Chicago, Illinois that was the first African-American-run hospital in the United States.

  1. ^ http://www.cchil.org/dom/provident.html#Loyola Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Affiliation with Loyola