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United Way accepts donation from Blessing for 2021 campaign
Blessing Health System closed its fund drive to support the 2021 United Way of Adams County campaign on February 3 by presenting a check to United Way leaders for $110,000. The amount represents a corporate gift and employee donations.
How the Class of 2035 got its teacher back
There are two types of people on the job – those who work to live and those who live to work. Jennifer Burwinkle is a proud member of the second group. She has been a kindergarten teacher in Palmyra, MO, for 24 years.
Finding hope - and a reason to laugh - after cancer
Dan Simbro has a contagious sense of humor. Ask him how many grandchildren he has and Dan will tell you “a bunch” because he’s afraid to give an exact number and forget someone. In the days before Easter 2022, at age 68, Dan dressed up in a bright pink bunny suit and passed out candy in public.
ER doctor cures family’s fears, earns ICARE award
When a woman experienced heart attack symptoms three weeks after a heart attack that required three stents, her frightened daughter – a Blessing employee - brought her to the Emergency Center. There she found a cure for her mother’s symptoms, and for her own fear, in the person of Emergency Center physician, Dr. Roman Fridline.
Blessing Hospital retains Primary Stroke Center status
Blessing Hospital has been recertified as a nationally-recognized Primary Stroke Center. The recertification affirms the hospital’s readiness and ability to provide the highest quality stroke-related healthcare, which includes diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and education.
Heard of sepsis? If not, please read this. It could save a life.
The Weigand family of Warsaw, IL, lived a nightmare. The nightmare had a name. Sepsis.
Blessing-Rieman College retains national accreditation; sees enrollment increase
Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences has earned reaccreditation for a 10-year period from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC.)
Blessing Health Hannibal Sleep Disorders Center earns accreditation
The Blessing Health Hannibal Sleep Disorders Center recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
Family drew Katie Couch to Illini, family keeps her at Illini
Katie Couch, RN, VA-BC, says she did not find a career in nursing. It found her. “When I was a child in Beardstown, probably around 6 or 7 years old, I was a nurse for Halloween,” she said. “I guess the profession chose me.”