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🌱 New president takes the helm at Palos Heights’ Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital

Palos Heights, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • New president takes the helm at Palos Heights’ Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital

Also on today's calendar: Fioretti For Illinois Attorney General and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cloudy and cool, with a high of 65 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 55.
  • Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• matousek named president of palos hospital (nm.org) — Northwestern Medicine has named Kate Matousek as the new president of Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Heights, overseeing operations, quality, and strategic growth. She succeeds Mike Vivoda and brings extensive leadership and clinical experience, aiming to strengthen care and patient experience for residents in Palos Heights and surrounding communities.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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