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The Foundation:
Programs-- Medical Miracles
This exhibition showcases the history and remarkable legacy of
Provident Hospital. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the
first open heart surgery in 1893, founded Provident Hospital &
Training School on the south side of Chicago in 1891. For more
than a century Provident Hospital survived as a private community
facility serving those in need of healthcare. Through two World
Wars, race riots and national epidemics, thousands of Chicagoans
were treated within its walls.
The exhibit was created by the Provident Foundation and made its debut
October 20, 2001at the DuSable Museum of African American History
in Chicago.
For information on hosting this exhibit call 773-363-4272.
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