'People will die': Chicago could lose an essential hospital in the middle of the pandemic

Closing Mercy hospital, an oasis in a medical desert on the South Side, would worsen racial health disparities, activists say

Activists, medical professionals and community members in Chicago are rallying against the looming closure of Mercy hospital - the oldest healthcare facility in the city, and one of its most storied - warning that its closure would drastically worsen racial health disparities in the city.