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Blessing Hospital nurse residency program earns accreditation with distinction

The Blessing Hospital Nurse Residency Program, designed to help support and mentor newly licensed registered nurses and reduce the turnover rate, has been awarded Accreditation with Distinction.

Blessing Hospital CNA earns communitywide award

Two Blessing Hospital CNAs were among seven from around the community nominated for the 2024 Angels of Health Care CNA of the Year award, sponsored by John Wood Community College. The award ceremony was held on Friday, July 26, and Peggy Tarr, a CNA on Blessing Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Unit, was named this year’s award winner.

Home Care RN receives DAISY Award

Chassidy Schroder, RN, Blessing Home Care, became the 51st Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on June 11, 2020.

Lack of family breast cancer history confounds survivor

Barbara “Babs” Herring of Hannibal learned something about breast cancer this past summer.

Blessing Hospital increases visiting to select inpatients

Blessing goes with the “flow” in diagnosing chest pain

A person feeling chest pain may have coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.

After a decade of suffering, Baylis man celebrates a second chance at life

On April 5, 2025, Rev. Gary Dice will celebrate one year with his transplanted heart. He is thankful to God, to his family and friends, to the many members of his medical team and to someone he does not yet know, the individual - and their loved ones - who donated the heart that gave him his second chance at life.

Wheelchairs, Scooters and Other Custom Mobility Products

We understand that you want to stay as independent as possible. Your mobility is our goal at Adaptive Mobility Systems (AMS), which is Denman Services’ division for custom mobility products. At AMS, we work directly with you to customize products…

Illini Community Hospital Open As Warming Center

Illini Community Hospital will be open as a public warming center during this week’s expected forecast of extremely cold temperatures.

Medical mystery ends with good news for Hannibal man

David Griffith was enjoying retirement. He exercised regularly, maintained a healthy diet and never had to take a prescription medication in his life.