Cicero Expands Specialized Stroke Unit Offering 24/7 Response Coverage

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Town President Larry Dominick announced that a new contract was negotiated with Rush University Medical Center to expand the service hours of a specialized Mobile Stroke Unit that was assigned to the Town of Cicero last April. The original agreement designated a mobile Stroke Unit from Rush University Medical Center to be available to respond to Cicero emergencies during a limited window from 7 am until 7 pm each day. Dominick had said after granting access for the emergency Mobile Stroke Unit from Rush University Medical Center last April that he hoped to have the unit expand its services to cover the evening hours when, according to emergency personal, many stroke-related emergencies occur.

The contract with Rush University Medical Center, 1700 W. Van Buren Street, in Chicago, to make the Mobile Stroke Unit available to the Town of Cicero was approved by the Town of Cicero Board at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Cicero Fire Commissioner Dominick Buscemi said that the Cicero ambulance teams respond quickly to emergency calls, but he said that the issue is the time it takes to bring stroke patients to the hospital for treatment. Rush is the recipient of a private grant to fund the Mobile Stroke Unit which is owned and operated by Superior and outfitted with a Rush-owned physician clinic, including physician consultation via telemedicine, a CT Scanner, clinical laboratory and certain other medical technology necessary to provide mobile stroke diagnosis and treatment.

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