Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center is a 256-bed, short-term comprehensive acute care facility that serves the south side of Chicago. It has a rich history of community service dating back to World War I, where it provided care to returning wounded veterans. The hospital is committed to medical education at all levels and offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, therapeutic, and ancillary services. These services include full medical, surgical, psychiatric, and medical stabilization (detox) services, as well as medical sub-specialties such as cardiology, pulmonary, gastrointestinal disease, renal, orthopedics, ENT, ophthalmology, infectious disease, HIV, hematology/oncology, and geriatrics.