Posted on June 29, 2016 by Miles Bryan in NPR NPR, By Miles Bryan For a lot of us, the hospital’s emergency room is a stressful place. Not so for Glenn Baker. When Baker, 44, steps into the emergency room at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, he’s completely comfortable. He has a favorite double-wide chair in the corner, knows where to find the Cheetos in the vending machine, and the staff is like family.