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Local stroke care receives national recognition

The American Heart Association recognizes Blessing Hospital among the nation’s leading providers of stroke care. For the fourth consecutive year, the hospital earned the AHA’s Get With the Guidelines Gold level recognition. Specifically, Blessing received a 2024 Gold Plus Award for meeting or exceeding national core standard levels of care in the treatment of stroke patients for 2 consecutive calendar years or more.

Mammograms: What to Expect

Your first mammogram can be intimidating. At Blessing, we want to make it simple for you and answer as many questions ahead of time as possible. Mammography Screening Recommendations For those at a normal risk level, a baseline mammogram is…

Evolve - An Event For Cancer Survivors

Coming up on September 28, from 1-4 PM, Evolve is a event for cancer survivors, both men and women, to indulge and engage!Join us at Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Helath Sciences at 3609 N. Marx Drive in Quincy. Those planning to attend…

New nurse earns DAISY Award

A new nurse, with seven-months on the job, became Blessing Hospital’s 104th DAISY Award winner during a ceremony on January 29, 2025, for her extraordinary nursing care.

Illini Child Care Center

The Illini Child Care Center is scheduled to close in February 2025 Mission, Vision and Philosophy Mission The Illini Child Care Center’s mission is to provide high quality, developmentally…

Meet a man at the heart of a Christmas miracle

Miracles can occur anywhere at any time. Ask Dean Woodruff. His miracle began in a cemetery three days before Christmas 2021.

Can an email change your life? Wilma says yes!

Checking her emails one day this spring, a particular message caught the eye of 78-year-old Wilma Hathaway of Palmyra.

What to do when a “pain in the neck” is more than a pain in the neck

Tom Dolan has hiked the Rocky, Appalachian and Ozark Mountains and kayaked the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi, Missouri, and countless smaller rivers. Recently, Tom faced the possibility of losing his slice of heaven.

Nurse saves choking girl, earns DAISY award

Megan Rowlands, RN, 2 North Gen Med/Neuro, became the 96th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY award for her extraordinary nursing care during a ceremony on May 31, 2024.