Washington, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Lauren Underwood issued the following press release:
Today, Representative Lauren Underwood released the following the statement after meeting with leadership at Prime Healthcare:
"Illinois deserves better than what Prime Healthcare is offering.
Six weeks ago, I requested a meeting with Prime leadership after reading news reports they were discontinuing inpatient pediatric services at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet. After our initial request for a meeting was sent on July 22, Prime delayed several times in finding a time that worked for their leadership team, but finally agreed to schedule the meeting for September 1 at 11 a.m. CT.
At 11:00 a.m. today exactly, as our meeting started, Prime sent news o...