New dialysis center a big investment in local health
July 10, 2012 5:58PM
Updated: August 12, 2012 6:25AM
New dialysis center a big investment in local health
Nothing is more important to the village of Streamwood than ensuring that our residents have access to quality health care to meet their needs.
That is why, on behalf of the village board of trustees, I am so pleased to welcome U.S. Renal Care, a provider of life-saving dialysis services, to our community. Residents can now rest assured knowing that they have access to a dialysis center close to home right here in Streamwood.
This week, I joined Village trustees, community leaders and area patients and physicians to mark the opening of Streamwood’s first and only dialysis facility. U.S. Renal Care’s state-of-the-art, 13-station dialysis center located at 149 Irving Park Road provides an easily accessible, convenient location. Previously, local residents had to travel miles to reach a dialysis facility that could not be accessed through public transportation.
U.S. Renal Care invested nearly $1.6 million in the facility which will offer patients access to an experienced team of medical professionals, cutting-edge technology and massage chairs to promote a comfortable and healing environment.
This center will help meet the growing need for dialysis services today and for the future. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects that diabetes, one of the leading causes of kidney failure, will grow by nearly 50 percent by 2025.
The opening of the new U.S. Renal Care facility is a big win for local dialysis patients and important for the overall health of the greater Streamwood community.
Billie D. Roth
Village President
Streamwood
One who knew Chuck West knows of his qualities
I personally want to clear up any negative connotations involving around (the late Kane County Coroner) Chuck West’s good name.
I had time to get to know him in 1973. It is odd because at that time I also happened to be friends with Sarge (who was the man who passed away and things were stored out of his house). I had been to the house of Sarge several times. I never saw anything that would be of value to steal. He was a leather hand-tooler and designer, and possibly those were gone before he passed. Sarge was a talented man, was a good soldier, a honest man and a nice man with a sense of humor. Chuck was the same caliber of man.
For anyone to point fingers at Chuck for a transgression that was based on a storage issue is beyond foolish. Has anyone had the time to tour the gigantic Kane County coroner’s building? Yes, plenty of places to do all the paperwork, autopsies, storage of bodies — and then, of course, there is the huge Quonset hut out back that safely holds all items associated with one’s passing. Oh wait, that Quonset hut is non-existent. There is barely enough room to do anything, the conditions are crowded almost to the max.
Chuck West treated all families with dignity and respect. Delve into his background and see how he traveled to help people deal with major tragedies and investigated those as well as speaking to today’s young people about his job.
I know when Chuck and Sarge meet in heaven, there be great laughter among the two. Everyone still earthbound just won’t get the joke, but I will. Loved you both. Thanks for letting me into your lives.
Karen (Smitti) Welton
Hampshire
