Loyola Medicine Receives $1 Million Gift for Children's Hospital
September 23, 2019Categories: Pediatrics, Philanthropy
Tags: Pediatrics, Philanthropy
MAYWOOD, IL – The Ronald McDonald® Children's Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center has received a $1 million gift from the estate of Jerome Taplin.
The family-focused children's hospital provides a full range of pediatric subspecialty care to infants, children and adolescents.
"We greatly appreciate this generous gift from Mr. Taplin," said Jerold Stirling, MD, chair of Loyola Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. "The funding it provides will enhance the medical and support services we provide to hospitalized children, helping them to lead active, healthy lives."
The 100-bed children's hospital-within-a-hospital includes a neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit and general pediatric beds, along with a family room and a children's playroom. The child life and pediatric nursing staff help make the child's and the family's time at the hospital as comfortable as possible.
Loyola is recognized by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) as a Certified Pediatric Critical Care Center for Excellence. The pediatric emergency department is certified by the IDPH as an Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics.
Mr. Taplin's legacy will benefit Loyola's pediatric patients for years to come. His generosity is an example of the tremendous impact of planned gifts made through wills or trusts.
If you would like more information on making a legacy gift, or already have included Loyola Medicine in a planned gift arrangement, please contact Mary Houston in Loyola's Office of Philanthropy at 708-216-1050 or mary.houston@luhs.org, or visit https://luhs.giftlegacy.com/.
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).