{"id":7594,"date":"2025-04-05T22:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T22:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7594"},"modified":"2025-04-05T22:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T22:39:17","slug":"osf-announces-it-will-seek-discontinuation-of-icu-ob-services-at-st-elizabeth-in-ottawa-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7594","title":{"rendered":"OSF announces it will seek discontinuation of ICU, OB services at St. Elizabeth in Ottawa – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa will seek to close its five-bed intensive care unit and 14-bed obstetrics services, as facilities at OSF St. Elizabeth in Peru prepare to take their place. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa<\/a> will seek to close its five-bed intensive care unit and 14-bed obstetrics services, as facilities at OSF St. Elizabeth in Peru<\/a> prepare to take their place.
OSF will file a certificate of need application to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for the removal of these services.
The discontinuation of services in Ottawa will not take effect until the process is complete, which is expected to take several months.
Despite pushback from the community, the ICU will be replaced by an eight-bed unit and OB services of 11 beds in Peru, both approved by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board last year. These services are not expected to open until August 2025, according to OSF.
Once the application is complete, it will be available for public review on the IHFSRB website<\/a>.
\u201cThis is bigger than just Ottawa. While we\u2019re not satisfied with their enhanced plan, we\u2019ll continue pushing for a hospital capacity that meets the needs of eastern La Salle County<\/a>.\u201d
Ottawa Mayor Robb Hasty said the city was aware of the planned changes and had been in ongoing discussions with OSF about the transition.
\u201cWe knew it was coming,\u201d Hasty said. \u201cThe plan has always been that these services would be relocated to Peru as part of an overall strategy to enhance care in the region.\u201d
While the move will result in the loss of critical services in Ottawa, Hasty acknowledged that it\u2019s all part of the changing landscape of healthcare in rural areas.
\u201cThe loss of the ICU and OB services is significant for our community, but it seems to be the future of rural healthcare,\u201d Hasty said.
Hasty\u2019s comment about the loss of ICU and OB services being \u201cthe future of rural healthcare\u201d highlights a growing trend in which smaller hospitals are shifting specialized services to larger centers because of limited resources and staff.
\u201cThis is bigger than just Ottawa. While we\u2019re not satisfied with their enhanced plan, we\u2019ll continue pushing for a hospital capacity that meets the needs of eastern La Salle County<\/a>.\u201d
OSF HealthCare has responded to the planned discontinuation of services in Ottawa with the following statement:
\u201cWe remain committed to providing high-quality care to the Ottawa community and ensuring access to necessary medical services,\u201d OSF Media Relations Director Paul Arco said in a statement.
OSF\u2019s announcement to discontinue ICU and obstetrics in Ottawa comes after it was granted a 12-month deferral<\/a> for two projects affecting Ottawa\u2019s health care system at a meeting with Illinois’ Health Facilities and Services Review Board last week in Bolingbrook. Those two projects were establishing a new replacement hospital<\/a> and discontinuing the current hospital once the new facility is completed.
OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa will seek to close its five-bed intensive care unit and 14-bed obstetrics services, as facilities at OSF St. Elizabeth in Peru prepare to take their place. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
The ICU in Ottawa will be replaced by an eight-bed unit and OB services of 11 beds in Peru, both approved by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board last year. These services are not expected to open until August 2025, according to OSF. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
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