City inspection finds 200 cockroaches, black slime at Chicago hospital

It's a little gross. I'm sorry if you are eating breakfast right now, but the health department found more than apparently 200 live cockroaches, black slime dripping onto ice, meant for human consumption at a local hospital, Lakeview. We're talking about Illinois Masonic. Yeah, so, and that's just the tip of the iceberg, it sounds like. There are more disturbing findings from the city health inspection. Fox 32's Brian Jackson, live outside of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with those details. Hi, Brian. Good morning to you guys. We have heard from both the hospital as well as their food service provider this morning that said that they're actively working to address some of the issues that were found. And in the meantime, the patients here are still receiving meals, but they're just through alternative sources. I want to get to how exactly we got to this point this morning. City inspectors found more than 200 live cockroaches that were found throughout the food service facility. Now, that includes some of the areas where food was being prepared and stored, the grill, the deep fryer, as well as in the dishwashing area. Inspectors also found some black slime inside of an ice machine that was dripping into ice meant for people to consume. The report also documented grease buildup, leaking plumbing and food debris on equipment. Some of these sanitation issues, they're not exactly new. Inspectors say that they found certain violations from April that still had not been corrected as of today. The facility also failed Friday's inspection. In a joint statement, Illinois Masonic and Morrison Health Care say that they're taking steps to address the findings and to meet the requirements to safely resume their kitchen operations. They also say that patients' meals have been able to continue here without any interruption using alternative food preparation as well as service arrangements. We're still working to find out if any of the food or ice from the kitchen that was found in this previous inspection was actually given to any patients here. We're still working to get those answers for you this morning. Reporting live in Lakeview this morning, I'm Brian Jackson, for Fox Chicago. That is just a tough story to hear. Yeah. You know? Yeah. All right, Brian, thank you.