Memorial Hospital

BJC’s Memorial Hospital planned to close the Belleville Health & Sports Center in late 2019. Five years after community members took the gym nonprofit, membership has grown 40%.

The Healthcare Protection Act passed the Illinois House last week. Now, it's headed to the Senate. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers say the legislation will put power in the hands of patients and their doctors.

Some of the Metro East hospital’s clinical staff are opposed to the idea.