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150 Years - Historical Articles About Blessing Hospital

The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County crafted several articles about Blessing Hospital's history for the Quincy Herald-Whig. Click on any of the links or images below to view those stories.September 16, 2016 - "Daughter followed mom as…

Grants and Projects

The Blessing Foundation contributes to the financial stability of Blessing Health System and provides annual grants to improve the care we provide our community. For the fiscal year 2024, the Foundation had assets exceeding $80 million.Commitment to…

Man makes service a lifetime commitment

For his 78 years on this planet, the following themes connect different times in John Summers’ life – volunteerism, service to others and communication.

Man finds life-saving answer to medical mystery with hours to spare

Jerry Hooker saw triple-fellowship trained and board-certified Blessing Health neurosurgeon Ryan Brennan twice in his life.

Mammographer Wins Who's Your Angel Award

Cathy Hummert, Mammographer, Breast Center Radiology Technologist, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from fellow employee Carol Hulett, EVS Tech, Environmental Services. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel award on May 1.  

How Blessing’s Express Clinic team handled COVID surges

The Blessing Express Clinic team will likely never forget January 2022. They saw more than 6,000 patients over those 31 days, mostly for COVID-19 testing due to the omicron variant. How was the team—including 2 RNs, 3 LPNs and 2 CMAs—able to meet that demand?

Emergency Room - Illini Community Hospital

Our 7-bed emergency department in Pittsfield, IL offers emergency and acute care. Providing immediate access to symptom/injury assessment and stabilization, advanced imaging and a range of diagnostic services to treat and/or transfer patients safely…

Helping Our Patients and Their Families

We are proud that our community generously supports these efforts. In fiscal year 2024, the Foundation received 14,968 gifts totaling more than $1.5 million.Caring Employees: The Blessing Foundation DifferenceBlessing caregivers are on the…

Cardiac screening gives parents peace of mind

A simple screening could identify a potentially life-threatening condition in teens. The Adolescent Cardiac Screening is offered annually by Blessing Health System at no-cost to families.

Blessing service featured at international healthcare conference

Blessing Hospital’s “Hospital from Home” program was featured at the recent Hospital at Home World Congress in Vienna, Austria.