Riverside Medical Center is a 300-bed teaching hospital located in Kankakee, Illinois. The hospital operates a Level II Trauma Center and a primary stroke center.[2] The hospital provides inpatient acute care and outpatient services.[3] Founded in 1964, the hospital is a part of Riverside Healthcare.
The hospital operates a number of residency training and fellowship programs for newly graduated physicians.[4] The residencies train physicians specializing in psychiatry and internal medicine, and the fellowships train physicians specializing in cardiology, interventional cardiology and gastroenterology.[4]
On March 19, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 infection in Kankakee was reported at Riverside Medical Center.[5] The following month, the hospital began onsite testing for COVID-19 infection.[6]
References
- ^ "Riverside Medical Center". American Hospital Directory.
- ^ "Riverside Medical Center". Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care. Illinois Department of Public HealthJB.
- ^ "Riverside Medical Center". Riverside Healthcare.
- ^ a b "Graduate Medical Education". Riverside Healthcare.
- ^ Provost, Lee (March 19, 2020). "Kankakee Co.'s 1st COVID-19 case reported". Kankakee Daily Journal.
- ^ Provost, Lee (April 22, 2020). "Riverside begins on-site COVID-19 testing". Kankakee Daily Journal.
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