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How a lung cancer patient found the strength of go forward
Sue Hamner White lives with terminal lung cancer. The key word in that sentence is “lives.”
Next to Home program helps woman feel right at home
When 84-year old Patricia M. Lawber of Quincy found herself needing a place to rehabilitate after a fall at her home, she did not know she would be in for a whole new adventure.
Blessing Career Care Program
“My managers have told me I have grown so much,” said Diana Weatherford, BSN, RN, Open Heart Surgery and Career Care participant (pictured above).
The goal of Career Care is to continue to promote high-quality nursing care by providing…
Blessing Health psychiatrist earns statewide award
Daniel Boeder, MD, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Blessing Health, recently received the 2024 Jay G. Hirsch Memorial Award sponsored by the Illinois Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Blessing Hospital recognized nationally for patient safety
An independent national healthcare organization has given Blessing Hospital its top grade for patient safety
Nurses play key role in operating new life-support system
National statistics from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic showed that 50%-60% of patients placed on the life-support system known as ECMO, short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, survived at least 90 days.
These two words set the tone for same sex couple’s life in Pike County
Two words from her boss – shared nearly four years ago – are etched into the memory and onto the heart of Jenna Maki, Performance Excellence Coordinator at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield, IL. Jenna is the wife of another Illini employee, Laura Maki, Informatics Analyst. The couple has been together through civil union and then marriage, when it became legal for same sex couples, for 10 years.
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Free Valet Parking is provided at the main entrance of Blessing Hospital, located at 11th Street. Hours are Monday–Friday, 7:00 am – 8:30 pm
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Blessing participates in new cancer treatment trial
The Blessing Cancer Center has been selected as one of 51 study locations worldwide participating in a new metastatic breast cancer clinical trial. Metastatic cancer has traveled to other parts of the body from its site of origination. It is estimated that 20-30 percent of all breast cancer cases will become metastatic. The clinical trial is studying the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of a first-of-its-kind medication, Enobosarm.