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Northwestern-affiliated Lake Forest Hospital outlines expansion to double capacity, add services
Summary
Hospital leaders told the council an expansion scheduled to be activated in February 2026 will nearly double licensed care spaces (114 to 260), triple emergency-department footprint, add critical-care beds and bring new specialties, clinical trials and more than 150 new staff to the Lake Forest campus.
Seamus Collins, president of the Northwestern-affiliated Lake Forest Hospital, told the Lake Forest City Council on Nov. 17 that the hospital plans an expansion to be activated in February 2026 that will nearly double the facility’s licensed care spaces and broaden clinical services.
"In just a few short months, in February, 2026, we'll be activating an expansion of our hospital that…
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