Patients and staff have reported filthy rooms, broken supplies and a flooded ER at Community First in Portage Park despite the tens of millions in taxpayer grants sent to the for-profit safety-net hospital since the pandemic.
PORTAGE PARK — In December 2022, two weeks before Christmas, paramedics rushed a 27-year-old woman to Community First Medical Center after her family reported she was struggling to breathe.
It was L.G.’s second visit to the Portage Park hospital in three days. The first time she was there, she tested positive for the flu and was sent home, according to federal and county records…