Oak Lawn, IL: This 1906-1996 overview of Christ Medical Center history includes milestones, patient numbers, and budget statistics from the first 100 years of CHMC history. Interesting pieces include..
Oak Lawn, IL: This 1906-1996 overview of Christ Medical Center history includes milestones, patient numbers, and budget statistics from the first 100 years of CHMC history. Interesting pieces include: Water fights among student nurses were a tradition at Chicago's Evangelical Deaconess Nursing School in the early 1900's In 1911 income was $3,553,51 compared to 1923 at $133,141.15 In 1933 nurses received $25 per week for 6.5 days of work The Oak Lawn land was purchased in 1955. The property was formerly a drive-in. In 1972 the original Evangelical Deaconess Hospital was sold to the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church. School of Nursing closed in 1988.