weeks of opening plans were being drawn up to add additional rooms and a laundry so that the hospital could accommodate up to 30 patients. A major addition was added in 1916, at which time the house was converted to office space. It was demolished in 1948 to allow room for the next addition. The Sisters of St. Mary relinquished ownership of the facility to MetroSouth Medical Center on July 30, 2008. In 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked MetroSouth as one among the top 25 percent of hospitals in the Chicago metropolitan region and among the top 15 percent in the state of Illinois. Citing "low patient volume" the hospital was closed in 2019. The campus of the former hospital occupies about in the heart of Blue Island's uptown commercial business district. Notable people Marcheline Bertrand, actress, mother of Angelina Jolie, born in Blue Island Gary Bettenhausen, 1980 & 1983 USAC Silver Crown Series Champion, was born in Blue Island. Peter Brown, singer-songwriter and performer, co-wrote Madonna's song "Material Girl"; born in Blue Island Danny Clark, NFL linebacker 2000–10; born in Blue Island Kris Cooke, Arena Football League player, was born in Blue Island Joe Day, retired ice hockey center John Franklin, actor and writer Bobby Frasor, basketball player for North Carolina's 2009 NCAA champions, was born in Blue Island Curtis Granderson, outfielder for Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Toronto Blue Jays; three-time All-Star, was born in Blue Island Marty Grebb, musician Helen L. Koch, developmental psychologist who studied characteristics of twin and non-twin siblings Don Kolloway, Major League Baseball infielder for Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers Ted Leverenz, Illinois businessman and state legislator Tony Lovato, musician in band Mest Pete Lovrich, Major League Baseball pitcher Douglas A. Melton, professor and stem cell research scientist at Harvard University who Time magazine in 2007 included as one of the "...100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world." Joe Moeller, Major League Baseball pitcher for Los Angeles Dodgers, was born in Blue Island Rob Ninkovich, defensive end for New England Patriots, two-time Super Bowl champion, was born in Blue Island Romie J. Palmer, jurist and legislator Christian Picciolini, author, Emmy Award winner, social justice activist La Julia Rhea (1898–1992), first black performer to star in the title role of a major opera company, in 1937 Rick Rizzs,