Loyola Medicine Establishes COVID-19 Medical Response Fund and Colleague Assistance Fund
March 30, 2020Categories: Philanthropy
Tags: Philanthropy
MAYWOOD, IL – As the COVID-19 crisis continues in Chicago, Loyola Medicine and most health care providers are adapting daily to ensure that patients continue to receive the best medical care based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Loyola Medicine has established two philanthropic funds: a Loyola Medicine COVID-19 Medical Response Fund, which will be put to use immediately to address the greatest needs related to our regional COVID-19 care, and a Loyola Medicine Colleague Assistance Fund to provide assistance to employees who experience financial hardship during this time.
"We are confident in our ability to continue delivering life-saving care that is the hallmark of our academic medical center during an unprecedented health crisis," says Shawn P. Vincent, president and CEO of Loyola Medicine, which includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and MacNeal Hospital. "Philanthropic support from our community is essential to help ensure our hospitals remain in a constant state of readiness now and in the future, and to support our caregivers who are on the front lines of this pandemic."
Funds will be directed toward the purchase and lease of equipment, supplies and technology, including telehealth which allows patients to access virtual appointments with their physicians while in quarantine, as well as operational and staffing expenses.
The health and safety of our patients, providers and staff are our highest priorities.
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About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).