Patients call on Pritzker to reopen Weiss, West Suburban hospitals

Chicago's Uptown and Austin communities have each been down a safety-net hospital for months. In Uptown, it's been nearly a year since Weiss Memorial Hospital closed its doors. In Austin, it's been four months since West Suburban Medical Center on the eastern edge of Oak Park stopped serving patients. Meanwhile, the two owners of both hospitals have been locked in a bitter legal battle in Cook County court for months. Stuck on the sidelines are patients like Phong Nguyen. The 81-year-old…