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🌱 Vista ambulance bypass raises concerns over staffing and unpaid wages

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In today's newsletter:

  • Vista ambulance bypass raises concerns over staffing and unpaid wages
  • Waukegan plans candlelight remembrance for World AIDS Day
  • Waukegan mayor calls for Vista sale amid payroll delays

Also on today's calendar: Last Day to Pay to Avoid Tax Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 57 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 44, low: 35.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 44 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Illinois health officials prep to transfer patients from metro-east hospital (bnd.com) — Ambulances are being diverted from Waukegan’s Vista Medical Center amid staffing instability and unpaid payroll, Illinois health officials say. Regulators are working with Vista and its sister hospital in Granite City on patient-care contingency plans, while preparing for possible transfers from the Granite City facility.
   

2. The Lake County Health Department hosts World AIDS Day Events (dailyherald.com) — Waukegan will mark World AIDS Day with a December 1 reception and candlelighting ceremony honoring people who have died, from 7–8:30 p.m. at 210 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. A separate free November 14 gathering at North Chicago's Greenbelt Cultural Center will offer dinner, performances and conversations about HIV, mental health and community support.
   

3. Push Toward More Automation At The VA Has Brought More Errors On Veterans' Claims, Employees Say (kffhealthnews.org) — Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham is calling for the sale of Vista Medical Center East amid renewed payroll delays and a state restriction on ambulance arrivals. The local report appears in a broader healthcare roundup led by concerns about errors associated with expanded automation in veterans’ benefits claims.
   

4. The jawline and teeth of woman who disappeared after 1st date washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan (newsbreak.com) — Newly identified remains of Sade Robinson have been found on Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shoreline, renewing her family’s search more than two years after her murder. Earlier remains were recovered in Waukegan in 2024. Her mother is organizing another shoreline search, although the location and timing were still being arranged.
   

5. Mundelein police respond to loud village hall demonstration: ‘We can't have that' (chicagotribune.com) — Waukegan County Board member Brandon Ewing joined four colleagues and members-elect in criticizing the police response to a Mundelein protest over Mary Alice Love’s fatal shooting. Officers equipped for crowd control deployed outside village hall Monday, but made no arrests. Village officials said demonstrators disrupted the meeting and nearby residents.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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