Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County is a defunct 600+ bed hospital located in south suburban Oak Forest, Illinois. It specialized in long-term care, ventilator care, chronic disease and rehabilitation services. It was part of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services, which also includes the more prominent and newer John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. At one point, uninsured patients from other hospitals in Cook County requiring sub-acute, chronic, long term, ventilator care, or rehabilitation were sent to Oak Forest Hospital as an alternative to remaining in acute hospitals such as John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County or Provident Hospital - Chicago or going to nursing homes. Many services and facilities at Oak Forest Hospital were cut or closed down, including long-term care units, some rehabilitation services, and conveniences such as the hospital's cafeteria. As a result, patients who lived in the long-term care units were placed to lower-quality nursing facilities. The hospital was converted to a clinic named Oak Forest Health Center of Cook County, which later closed. The buildings on the 153-acre campus are in the process of being demolished. The demolition began in late 2023, and the demolition project is scheduled to be completed in 2027.

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