A man has been charged with punching a nurse in the face while he was being evaluated at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, prosecutors said. Brendan Davy, 40, of Waukegan, was charged with aggravated battery to a nurse, a Class 3 felony. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Francis DeRosa said Davy had called the […]
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Man charged with striking nurse, 2 security guards at Vista hospital in Waukegan
A North Chicago man has been charged after he allegedly punched a nurse and two security guards at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, prosecutors said. Rishon K. Travers, 33, a transient with a last known address in North Chicago, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and one count […]
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Organization releases hospital safety ratings: Vista East in Waukegan gets ‘D’ grade
A report was released last week with safety grade ratings for hospitals in the country. Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan scored a “D” grade. The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization, released its fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grade results. The organization assigns a letter grade to nearly 3,000 U.S. general hospitals based on over […]
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Waukegan man allegedly battered pregnant girlfriend in Gurnee, later fled from police at hospital
A Waukegan man was charged after he allegedly dragged his pregnant girlfriend by the hair outside a Gurnee apartment on Sunday and later fled from police while at the hospital, causing an officer to suffer a head injury. Christopher Simmons, 22, of Waukegan, was charged with aggravated battery, two counts of domestic battery, resisting a […]
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Organization releases Illinois hospital ratings: Vista East Hospital in Waukegan gets F safety rating
A new report was released this week with safety grade ratings for hospitals across Illinois. Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan scored an “F” rating. The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization, released their spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grade, which assigns a letter grade to nearly 3,000 U.S. general hospitals based on over 30 measures […]
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State deploys healthcare workers to Lake County hospitals to help with influx of patients, staffing shortage
The state has deployed contract healthcare workers to multiple hospitals in Lake County to help with staffing shortages and an influx of COVID-19 patients. Last week, Gov JB Pritzker announced he was deploying more than 2,000 health care workers to hospitals in Illinois to deal with record COVID-19 hospitalizations, which he called “unprecedented.” Additional personnel, […]
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Firefighters deliver gifts to kids at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan
Firefighters from the Waukegan Fire Department stopped by Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan on Monday to deliver holiday presents to children. Firefighters have been delivering holiday gifts to Vista’s pediatric patients for more than 30 years. Vista Health System said the firefighters put together gift bags filled with coloring books and crayons, toys, candy […]
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Vista East Hospital in Waukegan celebrates no COVID-19 patients for the first time
As cases drop to record lows, Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan is celebrating having zero COVID-19 patients in their hospital for the first time since the pandemic began. Vista Health System reported that the reached the milestone on Monday. “Today, Vista’s healthcare heroes are celebrating ZERO!” the medical center said. “We hope to see […]
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Fundraiser started for Vista East nurse who lost her Waukegan home in a fire
Co-workers at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan are coming together to raise money with the community’s help for a nurse who lost her Waukegan home in a fire last week. A GoFundMe account was started by Aeron Ignacio, who is a nurse at Vista East, for his fellow co-worker Lindsay Strezo. Strezo suffered several […]