Silver Cross Hospital

Nyla Brooke Haywood, who was born Nov. 17, 2023, at 22 weeks and 3 days, and weighing 1.1 pounds and measuring 11 inches long, was discharged from Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox the day after Mother’s Day.

Kristin Walls, who is also a second grade teacher at Jones Elementary School in Minooka, had a vertebral artery dissection on Thanksgiving Day.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox has received an “A” in patient safety 19 consecutive times since 2015.

Two of Silver Cross' champions are emergency medicine doctors with EM Strategies, who treat patients in the emergency department of the New Lenox hospital.

Gov. J.B. Priztker paid a visit to Silver Cross Hospital on Wednesday morning along with a group of lawmakers working to pass the Healthcare Protection Act, a bill which would reform and regulate health insurance and Medicaid in Illinois.

Dr. Saied Ghadersohi, an otolaryngologist on staff at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, is an expert on treating pediatric sleep apnea.

The Midland States Bank Foundation provided the grant, which will support Silver Cross Hospital's new walk-in health center and urgent care in Will County,

Certified lymphedema therapists at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox will presentThe program “Living with Lymphedema."

Dr. Reema Sheth, who is in practice with the Heart Care Centers of Illinois and on staff at Silver Cross, is among the 4% of interventional cardiologists who are women.

Ruth Colby, 69, died Oct. 15 following a minimally invasive robotic heart valve procedure in September.

Healthgrades ranked Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox the top hospital in Illinois for surgical care.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox has installed a state-of-the-art disinfection devices in its sterile processing department. The system provides continuous disinfection of air and surfaces 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Silver Cross Hospital and Ascension St. Joseph-- Joliet have instituted extra precautions as winter respiratory illness season sees COVID-19, flu, and RSV numbers increase across the state, though local numbers remain moderate.

Wearing a mask is required of all visitors of hospitalized patients in all units while in patient rooms.

The babies were born at Morris Hospital, Silver Cross Hospital andUChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook.