By Neil Doyle
PEORIA – OSF HealthCare, which runs hospitals in Bloomington, Peoria, and Pontiac, will be expanding to the Chicago area after finalizing an agreement with Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers.
In a news release, OSF said it anticipates the merger to take place February 1, 2020.
The organizations’ have decided on a new name for the Evergreen Park facility – OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Medical Center.
“As our two congregations came together and discussed ways that we could reflect our new partnership one way was in the renaming of the medical facility so that it would communicate and demonstrate our commitment to this new partnership and the strong heritage,” said Sister Sharon Ann Walsh, L.C.M, Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
“As colleagues in this sacred calling of health care ministry, we are honored to carry on the Little Company name and tradition as they join our OSF family,” said Sister Judith Ann Duvall, O.S.F., Major Superior and Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
Little Company of Mary has 2,100 employees and operates several different facilities, including a 252-bed acute care hospital.
OSF said over the next few months, the two organizations will seek the necessary regulatory and canonical approvals while continuing work on the planning of strategies to meet the needs of the communities in the southwest Chicago area.
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