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Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital has been serving the ethnic community on Chicago's near-northwest side since 1894. The city's first Polish hospital, it was founded by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth to care for many Polish immigrants who settled in the area. Although the surrounding neighborhood is now predominantly comprised of 56% hispanic, 9% black and 37% white ethnic residents, the hospital retains strong ties to the Polish community, as witnessed by a visit to Saint Marys by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla shortly before his election as Pope John Paul II. The hospital's first site was a vacant three-story brick apartment building which the Sisters remodeled into a 24-bed hospital. This facility was quickly outgrown, even after purchase of the two-story frame house next door which increased Saint Marys capacity to 44 beds. Eight years after its founding, a brand new hospital was built. Over the years, Saint Marys continued to experience steady growth requiring the periodic addition of new buildings and wings. By the early 1970s, the need for another brand-new facility was evident. In 1975, a new hospital opened, based on some of the Friesen supply concepts. Today, Saint Marys operates a nearby family practice center, a home health care service, a satellite lab and an intensive care emergency helicopter serving patients in a 120 mile radius.
自1894年以来，拿撒勒圣玛丽医院一直在芝加哥近西北侧为各族裔社区提供服务。作为该市第一家波兰医院，它由拿撒勒圣家会修女创办，旨在照顾众多定居在该地区的波兰移民。尽管周边社区现在主要由56%的西班牙裔、9%的黑人和37%的白人族裔居民组成，但该医院与波兰社区仍保持着紧密联系，卡罗尔·沃伊蒂瓦枢机主教在当选教皇约翰·保罗二世前不久访问圣玛丽医院就是明证。医院的首个地点是一座空置的三层砖砌公寓楼，修女们将其改造成了一家拥有24张床位的医院。即使购买了隔壁的两层框架房屋，将圣玛丽医院的床位增加到44张，这个设施还是很快就不够用了。在成立八年后，一座全新的医院建成了。多年来，圣玛丽医院持续稳步发展，需要定期增建新楼和侧翼。到20世纪70年代初，显然需要另一个全新的设施。1975年，一家基于一些弗里森供应理念的新医院开业了。如今，圣玛丽医院运营着附近的一家家庭医疗中心、一项家庭医疗保健服务、一个卫星实验室以及一架为半径120英里范围内的患者服务的重症护理急救直升机。
