By Monifa Thomas
The Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO — Beginning Tuesday, Provident Hospital will no longer accept ambulance runs to its emergency room, a move expected to put additional strain on other South Side hospitals.
Provident will still see approximately 36,000 people a year who find their way to the 24-hour emergency room on foot or by car, and the hospital will retain 25 inpatient beds.
But an average 13 ambulance runs a day will go to a half-dozen other hospitals within a five-mile radius of Provident, 500 E. 51st St., officials from the Cook County Health and Hospitals System said.
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