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JANUARY 31, 2013
Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital
5 YEARS AND GOING STRONG Once a dream, hospital is now an integral part of village’s health care
Valley View evaluates building security By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
Building a hospital in Bolingbrook was once thought of as a dream. Now, touting it as an essential part of the community, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital celebrates its fifth anniversary, with village officials praising its existence. Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, 500 Remington Blvd. Bolingbrook, opened Jan. 14, 2008. At the time, it was the first new hospital in Illinois to be built in more than 25 years. It took three years to complete construction. The all-private-bed hospital specializes in cardiac care,imaging services,pain treatment and management, surgical services and a Women’s Care Center. The 300,000 squarefoot hospital includes a Level II Trauma Center and Children’s Emergency Room. Bolingbrook Fire Chief David Litton said the impact the hospital has made on the community has been significant in several ways. First, the fire department/ ambulance turnaround time has decreased by 42 minutes since the hospital open. This
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getting our paramedics their supplies so they can be ready within generally nine minutes of arriving at the hospital,”
With a click of a switch,a teacher can lock a classroom securing the door quickly from inside, a move the Valley View School District deems the simplest way to keep an intruder out. The shootings in Connecticut brought to light the simple tactic—lock your doors. It was repeated countless times by various experts on the matter. In all cases of similar violence, if a door was locked, the shooter moved onto the next one. Within days of the tragedy’s aftermath, Superintendent James Mitchem issued a mandate that all classroom doors be locked, making no apologies for it, saying it is the best case of defense and one that would be enforced. Now the school district is making good on its promise, making sure that tactic is
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See SECURITY, page 4
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ADVENTIST BOLINGBROOK HOSPITAL
The Greene family (clockwise, from top), Malcolm Greene, Malcolm Greene II, newborn Emanuel Greene and mother Curry Greene, all of Joliet, pose before a photo of Malcolm Greene II at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital. His photo hangs at the hospital, commemorating the first babies born there.
equates to the time the ambulance arrives at the hospital until they are “in service” to answer the next emergency call. “ABH has done an amazing job of receiving the patients immediately and