Discrimination is Against the Law

Thorek Memorial Hospital complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Thorek Memorial Hospital does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Thorek Memorial Hospital:

• Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
  
  • Qualified sign language interpreters
    
  • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
    
• Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
  
  • Qualified interpreters
    
  • Information written in other languages

If you need these services, contact David Novick at (773) 975-6722.

If you believe that Thorek Memorial Hospital has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, you can file a grievance with David Novick, Civil Rights Coordinator, at (773) 975-6722, dnovick@Thorek.org, 850 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 606013. You can file a grievance in person or by mail or email. If you need help filing a grievance, David Novick is available to help you. You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 509F, HHH Building, Washington, DC 20201, 1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD).

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.