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Bob and Barb Malizzo, along with daughter Kristina Chavez and her son Adrian, visit their daughter Michelle Ballog's grave at Graceland Cemetery in Valparaiso, Ind. She died after a medical error was made during surgery.

Family of woman who died after a medical error joins hospital’s safety panel

June 17, 2018 at 7:26 p.m.

Michelle Malizzo Ballog was nervous as hospital staff wheeled her into surgery to replace a temporary stent in her liver. In a procedure two weeks earlier, also at University of...

UIC report slams Hartgrove psychiatric hospital

May 13, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

In a damning new report, experts from the University of Illinois at Chicago paint a grim portrait of conditions at a Chicago psychiatric hospital, describing an environment of chaos, physical...

Drug companies pay $25 million to Illinois doctors

December 23, 2018 at 1:20 p.m.

At least three dozen doctors in Illinois received payments and perks exceeding $100,000 from drug companies between 2009 and early 2011, according to an updated database that now includes information...

Drug companies pay $25 million to Illinois doctors

May 13, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

At least three dozen doctors in Illinois received payments and perks exceeding $100,000 from drug companies between 2009 and early 2011, according to an updated database that now includes information...

Mentally ill, behind bars

June 16, 2018 at 4:49 a.m.

Melissa Clark sat wide-eyed and agitated in a visiting room at Cook County Jail's Cermak Hospital, rocking her right leg so vigorously that her entire body shook. Why can't you...

Mentally ill and behind bars

December 23, 2018 at 12:43 p.m.

Melissa Clark sat wide-eyed and agitated in a visiting room at Cook County Jail's Cermak Hospital, rocking her right leg so vigorously that her entire body shook.Why can't you bail...

Behind Thursday’s story on the mentally ill in jail

May 9, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

When I first met Carla Clark, it was obvious that the fate of her 22-year-old daughter Melissa weighed heavily on her mind. I could see the anxiety in her eyes,...

Conjoined twins lose battle for life

December 23, 2018 at 12:48 p.m.

It was the day that Brianna Manns, mother of conjoined twins Kameron and Kaydon Hayes, had long dreaded. The sons she had sought to keep alive for more than 16...

Conjoined twins lose battle for life

May 13, 2019 at 4:50 p.m.

It was the day that Brianna Manns, mother of conjoined twins Kameron and Kaydon Hayes, had long dreaded. The sons she had sought to keep alive for more than 16...

There is more to organ donation stories

May 9, 2019 at 8:51 a.m.

When you read a story about living kidney donation, it's usually a happy feature. But there's another side to the story that doesn't always get reported: Some donors are injured...

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