About St. Mary's Health Care - Ottawa

Whether you have a sick child on the weekend or you cannot get away from work before your physician’s office closes, chances are you have experienced a problem getting health care when you need it. St. Mary's Hospital understood how this could become a problem. So St. Mary’s Health Care – Ottawa was created. This new state-of-the-art facility, which now is open for business, offers immediate care for those who do not have a regular physician or those who cannot get in to see their physician.

What is Immediate Care?

Many Parents have struggled with the issue of having a sick child on the weekend, and wondering if the illness warrants a trip to the emergency room. Now parents and their sick children no longer need to suffer through ear aches and sore throats until Monday morning.

Conveniently open seven days a week with extended hours, St. Mary’s Health Care-Ottawa offers a staff of highly trained medical professionals, including Dr. Richard DeAngelo and Dr. Ted Patras, both board certified in emergency medicine* and trained to handle a wide variety of health conditions and situations. Both Dr. DeAngelo and Dr. Patras are committed to offering the highest level of quality and compassionate care to their patients.

^{*St. Mary’s Health Care-Ottawa is not intended to be used as a substitute for an emergency room. Health emergencies are better served by the staff, equipment and resources of a hospital emergency room. If a patient is exhibiting signs of a heart attack, or a life-threatening injury, the patient should seek treatment at the nearest emergency room or call 911.}

Lab and x-rays available

To add to the convenience, lab services and x-rays are available on site. Lab tests ordered by any physician can be performed at this facility; the doctor does not need to be on staff at St. Mary's Hospital. Someone who needs lab work can drop by the facility whenever convenient and not deal with driving to a hospital, finding parking and locating the laboratory.

For anyone who is not sure if they have a broken bone, the x-ray services can answer that question without the expense of an emergency room visit. Ordinary sprains and bumps can be examined and handled anytime without an appointment.

Caring physicians and staff

St. Mary’s Health Care – Ottawa is staffed by excellent physicians. The managing partner, Dr. Ted Patras earned his medical doctorate from the University of Health Sciences, the Chicago Medical School. He served his internship at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago before completing his residency at University of Chicago Hospitals.

Dr. Richard DeAngelo, the facility’s medical director earned his medical degree from Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine. He served his residency and an affiliated residency in emergency medicine at Lutheran General/University of Illinois in Chicago.

For more information on any of the services available at St. Mary’s Health Care, please call 815-431-9208.

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Dr. Ted Patras

Dr. Rich DeAngelo