Chelsea Adolphus, 28, of Waukegan, was found unresponsive on the rooftop of Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan on the morning of January 23, 2025, after being admitted to the hospital last week.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek blasted Vista Medical Center in a press conference Monday after a woman was locked out on the facility’s roof and later died. Chelsea ...

Waukegan Fire Department Capt. Marco Vazquez said he is in his 25th year with the department, and has made every Christmastime trip to the hospital.

Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was pronounced deceased hours after being found unresponsive on the roof of Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, a suburb of Chicago, ABC7 reported. Her family are now ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Waukegan's only hospital is once again a Level 2 Trauma Center, more than month after it lost that designation.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A suburban couple is celebrating two major life events a wedding and the birth of their baby boy. But it didn't all go exactly as planned. Jatiana and Midelson Silencieux ...

Chelsea Adolphus, a 28-year-old woman and Waukegan resident, was admitted to Vista Medical on Jan. 22 but was found the next day on the hospital’s roof wearing only a hospital gown at about 8:45 ...

Vista Medical, the primary hospital serving communities in and around suburban Waukegan, lost the designation on Feb. 2 due to the “absence of essential services,” including a blood bank ...

Along with its financial issues, Vista is also dealing with fallout from the death of Chelsea Adolphus, a patient who was found unresponsive on the hospital roof and died on Jan. 25. Her family ...