University of Chicago Medicine will open its 132,000-square-foot multispecialty care center this week in Crown Point — its first Indiana location — and local leaders hope the facility will bridge h…
Facility staff, local dignitaries and other VIPs mingle in the entrance of the new University of Chicago Medicine facility in Crown Point on April 25, 2024. When University of Chicago Medicine opens the doors of its 132,000-square-foot multispecialty care center this week in Crown Point, local leaders hope the facility will bridge healthcare gaps in Northwest Indiana.
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land was glad the final choice landed on Crown Point. The official groundbreaking happened in 2022, when the land was just a field, he said. There will also be doctor’s offices for outpatient appointments, infusion therapy, radiation treatment and medical/surgical oncology for cancer patients. Patients will also have access to a breast imaging center and MRI, CT, PET, X-ray and ultrasound imaging capabilities.
“I had a sister who lived in Merrillville who became critically ill, and she was ill enough that I talked to her doctor a lot,” Anderson said. “I flew out to see what was the best thing to do, her sickness was becoming too complex to deal with at this very good hospital… And we talked about where we should send her, and he said either IU or the University of Chicago.
An estimated 15% of Northwest Indiana patients leave the region for their medical care, according to a study conducted by UChicago Medicine. Of those, 1 in 5 visit UChicago Medicine’s facilities in and around Chicago, the study said.“Pediatrics is a shortfall in Northwest Indiana, so that’s very needed here,” said Lake County Councilman Charlie Brown, D-Gary.
Hessville native Dr. Blase Polite, the University of Chicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Physician-In Chief, said this center’s opening means a lot to him personally.
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