Provident Hospital

Provident Hospital

Provident Hospital [ [http://www.providentfoundation.org/history/index.html The Provident Foundation] ] , the first Black-owned and operated hospital in America [cite web | url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aframsurgeons/history.html | author=National LIbrary of Medicine | title=History: Early medical education] , was established in Chicago in 1893 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams a Black American surgeon during the time in American history where few public or private medical facilities were open to Black citizens. Though the historic Provident Hospital was forced to close in 1987 due to financial difficulties, it reopened in 1993 as part of Cook County's Bureau of Health Services [ [http://www.cchil.org/dom/bureau.html Cook County Bureau of Health Services] ] to provide services to residents of Chicago's south side. It is now known as Provident Hospital of Cook County. [ [http://www.cchil.org/dom/provident.html Provident Hospital of Cook County] ]

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