Coroner blasts Illinois hospital after patient gets locked out on roof, dies: ‘Must be held accountable’
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, died on Thursday after getting locked out on the roof of the Vista Medical Center in Waukegan.
What happened to Chelsea Adolphus? Family seek answers after Illinois hospital patient found dead on the roof
Chelsea Adolphus, a 28-year-old patient at Vista Medical Center, was found unconscious on the hospital's roof wearing only a medical gown.
Patient Spent Nearly 7 Hours on Medical Clinic Roof Before She Was Found and Resuscitation Attempts Began: Coroner
Chelsea Adolphus, a patient at an Illinois medical center, was pronounced dead 14 hours after being found unresponsive on the hospital's roof. Now officials are shedding more light on what happened.
Woman found on Waukegan hospital roof dies, coroner says cause was hypothermia
New details were released after a woman died after being found unresponsive on the roof of a Waukegan hospital.
Patient Trapped on Roof of Illinois Hospital Dies of Hypothermia
Patient Trapped on Roof of Illinois Hospital Dies of Hypothermia, Vista East Medical Center, Chelsea Adolphus, American Healthcare Systems
Family sues Waukegan, Illinois hospital after woman is found roof, later dies
Chelsea Adolphus was found lying on the roof of Vista Medical Center East in only her hospital gown and underwear. As Tara Molina reports, her family joining attorneys in a call for answers today.
Woman dies after seven hours on Chicago hospital roof in nothing but medical gown
A family is demanding answers after a patient clad only in a hospital gown was found on a Chicago hospital roof seven hours after she went missing, and later died of hypothermia.
Woman's family demand answers after she's mysteriously found frozen to death on hospital roof
The family of a missing woman who was found frozen to death on the roof of a hospital she was admitted to the day before are demanding answers. Chelsea Adolphus, of Waukegan, a city in Illinois less than an hour's drive north of Chicago, visited the Vista Medical Center East at around 4am on Wednesday, January 22 for an unspecified medical issue.
Lake County coroner calls for Waukegan hospital death investigation; says owners ‘must be held accountable’
Adolphus, a Waukegan resident,  was found on a second-floor roof at around 8:45 a.m. Thursday, about seven hours after she was last seen in her fifth-floor hospital room.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed after patient dies from hypothermia on roof of hospital
The family of Chelsea Adolphus stood grieving, holding pictures of the 28-year-old woman Wednesday as attorney Ben Crump announced a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Vista Medical Center East. WGN's Andrea Medina brings you the story.
Patient gets locked out on Illinois hospital roof, dies
Coroner Jennifer Banek added that it was only after another patient's family saw Adolphus on the roof that the staff was alerted and she was recovered.
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Waukegan hospital asks court to remove coroner from death investigation; accuses her of ‘vendetta’
Spiegel said Vista filed its lawsuit against Banek asking the court to prevent her from continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding Adolphus’ death so it can be done independently and ...