Executives at California-based Prime Healthcare sent a letter to the mayor of Joliet saying the hospital planned to halt pediatric inpatient care and would start transferring pediatric patients.

Prime Healthcare, which took over St. Joseph in March, said the hospital's resources could be better used elsewhere given the ...

The letter to Joliet's mayor also touted $250 million in investments Prime is making in St. Joseph Medical Center and its other former Ascension Illinois hospitals. The letter said Prime had hired ...

Prime Healthcare of California has announced the closure of the pediatric unit of St. Joseph Medical Center due to declining ...