Press Release - Thursday, February 19, 2004
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Blagojevich awards $14.3 million for terrorism readiness efforts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today announced the awarding of $14.3 million to hospitals, emergency medical providers and healthcare organizations to better prepare the state for dealing with a terrorist attack involving weapons of mass destruction.
"We are building capacity everyday to assure that the state and its partners are ready to respond to any terrorist event," Blagojevich said. "The state has made significant progress and is considered a model of preparedness for the nation, but efforts to protect our citizens are never ending. The investments in preparedness we are making today will help us improve our ability to respond to a terrorist attack, whether it be a biological agent or a radioactive ‘dirty bomb.'"
The majority of the federal funds ($12.4 million) will be distributed by the Illinois Department of Public Health to hospitals throughout the state to develop plans to care for victims of terrorism. The hospitals will be required to participate in disaster planning, to be involved in disaster drills, and to train staff to recognize symptoms related to weapons of mass destruction and learn the necessary treatment.
"An added benefit to improving the state's readiness is that grant money will pay off in terms of public health preparedness for dealing with other types of events - natural and chemical disasters - as well as acts of terrorism," said Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director.
Twelve "POD" hospitals that are responsible for the overall coordination of disaster
preparedness in the various regions of the state received $6 million..
Each of the following "POD" hospitals received $522,000: Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn; Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago; Belleville Memorial Hospital; Carbondale Memorial Hospital; Carle Foundation Hospital, Champaign; Highland Park Hospital; Loyola University Hospital, Chicago; Rockford Memorial Hospital; Sherman Hospital, Elgin; and St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.
Memorial Medical Center St. John's Hospital in Springfield, which share responsibility for disaster planning in the south central part of the state, each received $390,000.
Another 179 hospitals received $6.4 million in grants ranging from $14,300 to $85,500 depending on size of the hospital and level of responsibility in the emergency medical services system.
Besides the hospital funding, $1.7 million in grants will be given to a dozen organizations to assist the state with terrorism readiness efforts. These include:
- Illinois Poison Control Center, $500,000, to have in place trained staff that can respond to public and hospital inquiries, and help with rumor control, in the event of a terrorist attack. The center also will develop printed information.
- Illinois College of Emergency Physicians, $500,000, to assist Illinois Medical Emergency Response Teams (IMERT) positioned in Chicago and north, central and southern parts of the state, and help train emergency physicians on how to deal with and recognize symptoms caused by weapons of mass destruction.
- Illinois State Emergency Nurses Association, $75,000, to develop a database of volunteer nurses available to deal with a surge in victims and to train them in disaster response.
- Illinois Council of Health Systems Pharmacists, $50,000, to create a pool of pharmacists and pharmacist trainees that could help distribute drugs in the event of an emergency.
- Mental Health Association of Illinois, $100,000, to organize teams of mental health experts to deal with victims and responders who suffer from posttraumatic symptoms.
- Emergency Medical Services for Children, $100,000, to develop a team of pediatric experts that could helps children in need of treatment.
- Metropolitan Chicago Health Care Council, $90,000; Illinois Hospital
Association, $90,000; American Hospital Education Consortium, Midwestern University, $90,000; and Illinois Primary Health Care Association, $90,000; to sponsor special training for health professionals.
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, $50,000, to help ensure hospital disaster planning preparation.
- Public Health Futures of Illinois/United Way of Illinois, $35,000, to survey emergency medical system providers to determine education, training and equipment needs.
Besides the POD hospitals, the other hospitals that received grants were:
| Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village Bethany Hospital, Chicago Anderson Area Hospital, Maryville Blessing Hospital, Quincy Bromenn Regional Medical Center, Normal Carthage Memorial Hospital Carlinville Area Hospital, Carlinville Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield CGH Medical Center, Sterling Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago Clay County Hospital, Flora Community Hospital of Ottawa Community Memorial Hospital, Staunton Community Medical Center of Western Ill., Monmouth Condell Medical Center, Libertyville Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson Crossroads Community Hospital, Mount Vernon Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur Delnor Community Hospital, Geneva Dr. John Warner Hospital, Clinton Edward A. Utlaut Memorial Hospital, Greenville Edward Hospital, Naperville Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst Eureka Community Hospital, Eureka Evanston Hospital, Evanston Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield Fayette County Hospital, Vandalia Ferrell Hospital, Eldorado Franklin Hospital, Benton Freeport Memorial Hospital, Freeport Galena-Strauss Hospital, Galena Galesburg Cottage Hospital, Galesburg Gateway Regional Medical Center, Granite City Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services, Gibson City Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview Glenoaks Medical Center, Glendale Heights Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park Graham Hospital, Canton Hamilton Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro Hammond Henry Hospital, Geneseo Hardin County General Hospital, Rosiclare Harrisburg Medical Center, Harrisburg Harvard Community Hospital, Harvard Heartland Regional Medical Center, Marion Herrin Hospital, Herrin Hillsboro Area Hospital, Hillsboro Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines Hoopeston Regional Health Center, Hoopeston Hopedale Hospital, Hopedale Illini Community Hospital, Pittsfield Illini Hospital, Rock Island Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey Iroquois Memorial Hospital, Watseka Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago Jersey Community Hospital, Jerseyville John and Mary E. Kirby Hospital, Monticello John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon Kewanee Hospital, Kewanee Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange Lawrence County Memorial Hospital, Lawrenceville Lincoln Park Hospital, Chicago Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park Loretto Hospital, Chicago Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn Marshall Browning Hospital, DuQuoin Mason District Hospital, Havana Massac Memorial Hospital, Metropolis McDonough District Hospital, Macomb Memorial Hospital, Chester Memorial Medical Center, Woodstock Mendota Community Hospital, Mendota Mercer County Hospital, Aledo Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago Methodist Hospital of Chicago Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Peoria Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Zion Morris Hospital, Morris Morrison Community Hospital, Morrison Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights Northwest Suburban Community Hospital, Belvidere Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Norwegian-American Hospital, Chicago Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park OSF St. James Hospital, Pontiac OSF St. Joseph's Medical Center, Bloomington OSF St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights Pana Community Hospital, Pana Paris Community Hospital, Paris Passavant Area Hospital, Jacksonville Pekin Memorial Hospital, Pekin Perry Memorial Hospital, Princeton Pinckneyville Community Hospital, Pinckneyville Provident Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Proctor Hospital, Peoria Provena Mercy Center, Aurora Provena St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana Provena St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet Provena St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee Provena United Samaritan Medical Center, Danville Red Bud Regional Hospital, Red Bud Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee Rochelle Community Hospital, Rochelle Roseland Community Hospital, Chicago Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago Sacred Heart Hospital, Chicago Salem Township Hospital, Salem Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital, Rushville Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville South Shore Hospital, Chicago Sparta Community Hospital, Sparta St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates St. Anthony's Health Center, Alton St. Anthony Hospital, Chicago St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Chicago St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield St. Francis Hospital and Health Center, Blue Island St. Francis Hospital of Evanston St. James Hospital Medical Center, Chicago Heights St. James Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Med. Center St. Joseph Health Centers and Hospital, Chicago St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Murphysboro St. Margaret's Hospital, Spring Valley St. Mary's Good Samaritan, Mount Vernon St. Mary of Nazareth, Chicago St. Mary's Hospital, Centralia St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur St. Mary's Hospital, East St. Louis St. Mary's Hospital, Streator St. Therese Medical Center, Waukegan St. Vincent Memorial Hospital, Taylorville SwedishAmerican Hospital, Rockford Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago The Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago Thomas H. Boyd Memorial Hospital, Carrollton Thorek Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago Touchette Regional Hospital, Centreville Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island Union County Hospital, Anna University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago Valley West Community Hospital, Sandwich Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan Wabash General Hospital, Mount Carmel Washington County Hospital, Nashville Westlake Hospital, Melrose Park West Suburban Hospital Medical Center, Oak Park White County Medical Center, Carmi |
$23,800 79,800 45,000 43,000 42,800 42,800 79,800 43,000 23,800 79,800 52,300 57,500 14,300 16,700 79,800 14,300 43,000 14,300 57,500 16,700 14,300 79,800 52,300 14,300 28,500 79,800 23,800 14,300 79,800 45,000 14,300 43,000 52,300 23,800 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 23,800 38,000 14,300 43,000 45,000 43,000 14,300 14,300 28,500 14,300 14,300 16,700 52,300 23,800 14,300 45,000 23,800 43,000 16,700 16,700 23,800 57,500 57,500 85,500 23,800 23,800 52,300 14,300 43,000 52,300 57,500 57,500 45,000 42,800 14,300 23,800 42,800 23,800 23,800 43,000 14,300 23,800 52,300 52,300 14,300 30,000 16,700 14,300 23,800 23,800 35,000 23,800 38,000 25,000 14,300 43,000 57,500 85,500 14,300 85,500 23,800 42,800 52,300 57,500 52,300 42,800 42,800 14,300 23,800 52,300 28,500 28,500 14,300 23,800 33,300 45,000 79,800 57,500 45,000 57,500 30,000 14,300 42,800 23,800 57,500 14,300 23,800 45,000 43,000 23,800 23,800 14,300 52,300 14,300 79,800 14,300 23,800 14,300 43,000 79,800 23,800 66,500 23,800 23,800 33,300 23,800 23,800 42,800 85,500 42,800 43,000 23,800 14,300 23,800 14,300 28,500 52,300 42,800 14,300 57,500 35,000 57,500 45,000 14,300 35,000 23,800 23,800 14,300 23,800 19,000 57,500 14,300 23,800 85,500 16,700 79,800 23,800 14,300 42,800 23,800 14,300 |
The following community health centers received $185,900 in funding: | |
| Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Matteson Capital Community Health Center, Springfield Christopher Greater Rural Health Corp., Christopher Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc., Cairo Community Health Improvement Center, Decatur Crusader Central Clinic Association, Rockford Lake County Health Dept./Community Health Center, Waukegan PCC Community Wellness Center, Oak Park Rural Health, Inc., Anna Shawnee Health Service and Dev. Corp., Carterville Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Inc. East St. Louis Southern Illinois Regional Wellness Center, East St. Louis Will County Community Health Center, Joliet |
$14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 14,300 |
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