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Patients of Northern Lake Medical will have access to the services of Aurora physician specialists in the Kenosha area, and also to the full array of hospital services available at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha. Aurora Medical Center, just off Interstate 94 along Highway 50, opened in 1999. Aurora Medical Center consistently ranks among the top 10 percent of hospitals in Wisconsin for the care provided to patients with the most common admissions, like pneumonia and congestive heart failure. The hospital also is rated as one of the safest hospitals in the state and is nationally recognized for its cancer program by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The hospital's services include:

    -- 24-hour emergency care
    -- Beautiful suites for labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum
    -- Medical and surgical inpatient units
    -- Diagnostic services, including digital mammography
    -- A full range of cancer services
    -- Cardiology services
    -- Intensive care unit
    -- Inpatient and outpatient surgery
    -- Women's Health Center

In 2007, nearly 6,000 Illinois residents sought care at Aurora hospitals, resulting in more than 8,500 visits. About 3,700 of those visits were at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha.

Northern Lake Medical patients requiring advanced treatment options will have access to Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, which offers the highest level cardiac care, cancer care and care in the neurosciences and other areas.

In joining the Illinois affiliate of Aurora Medical Group, the Northern Lake Medical physicians follow two family practice physicians in Gurnee, who joined Aurora in October.

Dr. Bailet noted that the medical marketplace in northern Illinois is experiencing significant change amid the area's brisk growth. "The corridor between Kenosha and Chi
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