Little Company of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park)

OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center is a hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois.

OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center
OSF HealthCare
Geography
Location	Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41.72145°N 87.69294°W / 41.72145; -87.69294
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Community
Affiliated university	None
Services
Public transit access	Pace
History
Opened	1930
Links
Website	www.lcmh.org
Lists	Hospitals in Illinois

History

The hospital was founded on January 19, 1930, by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary^[1] and serves much of the southwest side of Chicago.

In the early 20th century, the hospital—which was then segregated—refused to allow Dr. Arthur Falls Sr. to perform surgery on Dorothy Day, which both she and Falls protested. The hospital eventually relented, though on paper listed Falls as an assisting surgeon to a White physician.^[2]

The first-ever kidney transplant was performed in Little Company of Mary Hospital in 1950 on a 44-year-old woman who had polycystic kidney disease.^[3][4]

On October 17, 2019, OSF HealthCare signed a merger agreement with Little Company of Mary Hospital. The merger took place on February 1, 2020.^[5]

Deaths

• Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972).^[6]